Forward Deployed Engineer: Onsite Travel & Hands-On Impact

Buildkite; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days annual leave

Remote-work allowance

Retirement and health coverage

Job summary

Buildkite is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our Revenue team and work with large customers on CI/CD scale engagements. You’ll collaborate with Solution Architects, TAMs, Product, and Engineering across geographies, traveling to customer sites on the US West Coast about 25% of the time.

You’ll start from design through delivery, delivering production-ready code and ensuring a successful hand-off.

Qualifications

• Shipped production software end-to-end in the last few years.
• Able to translate a business need into a technical spec.
• Comfortable working with large enterprises and security reviews.

Responsibilities

• Work with Solution Architects and TAMs to scope engagements before deals close and identify gaps.
• Turn gaps into defined engagements with clear deliverables, estimates, and exit criteria.
• Build core platform features and hand off to Product/Engineering for ongoing support.
• Help recognize FDE opportunities and explain FDE in plain terms during deals.

Skills

Production software

Tech spec translation

Enterprise familiarity

Travel readiness

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Buildkite is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our Revenue team and work with large customers on CI/CD scale engagements. You’ll collaborate with Solution Architects, TAMs, Product, and Engineering across geographies, traveling to customer sites on the US West Coast about 25% of the time.

You’ll start from design through delivery, delivering production-ready code and ensuring a successful hand-off.