Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer)

Mxv; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Austin seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer) to drive AI-driven transformation projects. This role demands extensive experience in solution architecture and customer engagement, where you will design workflows and act as a trusted advisor for clients. Candidates should have 7+ years in the field, hands-on knowledge of AI tools, and strong collaboration capabilities across teams. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering is required. Competitive compensation and growth opportunities offered.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in solution architecture or consulting roles.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools.
• Strong understanding of customer priorities.
• Exceptional communication ability for diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in SaaS or enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design of AI-driven business transformation projects.
• Understand customer business domains and guide solution design.
• Build strong partnerships with customer stakeholders.
• Bridge the gap between pre-sales and engineering.
• Collaborate with engineers to oversee solution implementation.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

AI solutioning

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer empathy

Communication

Design Thinking

Project Leadership

Metrics Focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Advanced degrees in AI/architecture frameworks (like TOGAF, SAFe)

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

About DevRev

At DevRev, we're building the future of work with Computer – your AI teammate. Unlike traditional tools, Computer unifies all your data sources, tools, and workflows into a single AI-ready platform, giving employees real-time insights, proactive suggestions, and powerful agentic actions. It extends your existing software with AI-native apps and agents that work alongside your teams and customers – updating workflows, coordinating across teams, and eliminating repetitive work. We call this Team Intelligence: human‑AI collaboration that breaks down silos, brings people back together, and frees you to solve bigger problems. Backed by Khosla Ventures and Mayfield with $150M+ raised, DevRev is trusted by global companies across industries.

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer), you will serve as the lead technical strategist embedded with our customers. You'll own the end-to-end design of AI-driven business transformation projects from understanding domain-specific needs to architecting scalable agent-based solutions using DevRev’s platform.

This role requires a unique blend of enterprise architecture, AI solutioning, customer empathy, and cross-functional collaboration. You’ll act as the connective tissue between pre-sales, customer success, engineering, and product teams bringing our AI capabilities to life for real-world impact.

What You’ll Do

• Own Customer Context: Deeply understand customer business domains, systems, and OKRs/KPIs to guide solution design.
• Architect AI Transformation: Design and document AI-driven workflows, agents, skills, and system integrations that align with customer goals and industry best practices.
• Be a Trusted Advisor: Build strong partnerships with customer stakeholders as their technical counterpart, delivering confidence in our platform’s capabilities.
• Translate & Coordinate: Bridge the gap between pre-sales/CS and engineering, ensuring requirements are actionable and outcomes measurable.
• Design Reusability: Architect modular, scalable solutions that can be extended across customers and verticals.
• Drive Delivery: Collaborate with Applied AI engineers to oversee solution implementation, ensuring architectural alignment and execution excellence.
• Support Pre-Sales: Partner with sales engineers and customer teams to scope new opportunities, define technical requirements, and provide input on feasibility and effort.
• Lead Innovation: Stay ahead of emerging trends in AI, software integration, and business transformation—and bring that insight to our solution designs.
• Maintain Quality & Compliance: Ensure all solutions meet performance, security, and compliance standards.
• Travel Ready: Willingness to travel up to 50% for on-site discovery, deployment, and customer engagement.

What You Bring

• Experience: 7+ years in solution architecture or consulting roles, focused on enterprise-scale, customer-facing software implementations.
• AI & Cloud: Hands-on experience with generative AI tools, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and modern integration patterns (APIs, webhooks, pipelines).
• Business Acumen: Strong understanding of customer priorities, with the ability to translate business needs into technical execution plans.
• Design Thinking: A problem-solver with a growth mindset, skilled in crafting scalable and future-proof architectures.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to convey complex technical and business concepts to diverse stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.
• Project Leadership: Proficiency with project planning tools and methodologies; capable of managing multiple solution tracks and timelines.
• Metrics Focus: Proven ability to define and track success through OKRs, KPIs, and tangible business outcomes.
• SaaS & Platform Fluency: Background in SaaS or enterprise platforms, with understanding of extensibility and multi-tenant design principles.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Advanced degrees or certifications in AI/architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, SAFe) are a plus.

DevRev is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.