Forward Deployed Engineer

Enboarder; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Auxia is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead complex enterprise integration programs, collaborating with engineering, product, and solutions teams to deliver seamless platform integrations for enterprise clients.

You will translate business needs into technical roadmaps, manage risks, and optimize data workflows using cloud data warehouses, APIs, and AI-driven solutions, while guiding customer success and product enhancements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical solutions roles (solutions engineering, forward deployed engineering, technical account management)
• Experience managing large, cross-functional projects across engineering, product, and solutions teams
• Hands-on experience with data integration, APIs and cloud data platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end customer implementations and expansions with cross-functional teams.
• Translate client needs into technical requirements and roadmaps for engineering.
• Manage dependencies and risks to ensure on-time delivery.
• Develop and optimize data integration workflows using cloud data warehouses and APIs.
• Establish and track program metrics to drive improvements.
• Act as primary technical contact during onboarding and issue triage.
• Monitor integration health post-deployment for scalability.
• Present progress and risks to leadership and partners.

Skills

Solutions engineering

Forward deployed engineering

Technical account management

Enterprise data integration

APIs

Cloud data platforms

SQL

AI/ML platforms

LLM/agent patterns

Prompt specs/runbooks

Code repository changes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About Auxia

Auxia is building the future of AI-powered marketing. Our platform enables modern marketing teams to deploy intelligent agents that activate, engage, and retain customers, at scale.

We're

backed by iconic investors and leaders from Google, Meta, and Amazon and trusted by global enterprises like The Guardian, Mercari, and Docomo.

Auxia operates at the nexus of automation and intelligence, enabling brands to deliver highly

personalized customer journeys powered by generative AI and agentic workflows while

massively simplifying operations and reducing overhead. Learn more about our vision here and

here.

If you're excited by frontier technology, fast execution, and building something enduring from the

ground up, Auxia offers an exceptional environment to do your best work.

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer on Auxia's Customer Impact team, you will lead complex,

cross-functional technical programs, collaborating with engineering, product, and solutions

teams to drive seamless platform integration for Auxia's enterprise clients. Your work will

extend beyond technical implementation to influence product enhancements and new feature

development based on partner feedback and evolving technical requirements. This role requires

a deep understanding of enterprise software and AI-driven solutions, as well as experience

managing technical projects with a significant data integration component

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end customer implementations and expansions, including system design, platform integration, solution customization, and deployment, while managing cross-functional collaboration with engineering, data science, and solutions teams.
• Translate client and business needs into clear technical requirements and development roadmaps, working closely with engineering to prioritize and implement features, ensuring alignment with partner objectives and scalability requirements.
• Manage technical dependencies and risks across multiple projects, proactively identifying potential issues and driving resolution to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize data integration workflows, ensuring efficient, scalable data exchanges between Auxia's platform and partner systems, leveraging cloud data warehouses, APIs, and other data management solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement by establishing, tracking, and reporting on program metrics, analyzing deviations to optimize workflows, and implementing technical and process enhancements.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for key partners, providing hands-on support during the onboarding process and troubleshooting complex technical issues, including reviewing system logs to triage issues.
• Monitor and optimize integration health post-deployment to ensure long-term scalability and reliability.
• Lead program reviews, communicate technical insights to non-technical stakeholders, and present program updates, risks, and impacts to leadership and partner teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in solutions engineering, forward deployed engineering, technical account management or a related technical role, such as software development, focused on enterprise software, data integration, or machine learning-based platforms.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale, cross-functional projects, driving alignment across engineering, product, and solutions teams to deliver technically complex solutions.
• Expertise in data integration, APIs, and cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure), with hands-on experience integrating large data systems in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in data analysis using SQL
• Strong understanding of AI/ML platforms, particularly in customer engagement or growth contexts, with an ability to identify technical trade-offs and optimize data-driven solutions.
• Familiarity with LLM/agent patterns (tool use, retrieval, guardrails, evaluation)
• Ability to write or review prompt specs/runbooks
• Ability to work in source code repositories to make configuration changes
• Excellent communication and analytical skills, with experience presenting technical insights to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

185000 - 215000 USD a year

The base salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on a wide range of compensation factors, including, but not limited to, work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. In addition, this role is eligible for equity, and competitive benefits.