Forward Deployed Engineer - W2 only- Remote

Invovia; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Invovia, an AI-native engineering services firm, seeks seasoned Forward Deployed Engineers to deliver hands-on, customer-embedded projects across North America and APAC. You will drive deployments, collaborate with product and engineering teams, and lead technical discussions with customers and internal teams.

You will translate complex requirements into actionable plans, leverage automation and AI tooling, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships under delivery and revenue pressure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or similar hands-on roles.
• Deep experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, webhooks, SQL, and enterprise integrations.
• Collaborate as a peer with PMs and engineers, not a hand-off.
• Track record of managing multiple deployments under delivery pressure.
• Lead technical troubleshooting calls with customers and IT teams.
• Balance sales-cycle proof-of-value with production reliability post-deployment.
• Prioritize automation with AI and modern tooling to scale impact.
• Translate ambiguity into executable requirements and communicate insights to engineers and executives.
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management under revenue pressure.

Skills

5 to 10+ years in Forward Deployed Eng

REST APIs

GraphQL

webhooks

SQL

enterprise integrations

collaborate with Product & Eng

manage multiple deployments

lead technical troubleshooting calls

automation & AI tooling

translate ambiguity into requirements

stakeholder management under pressure

Job description

• 5 to 10+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, technical consulting, or a comparable hands-on, customer-embedded engineering role (scope and level matched to experience — see Levels & Compensation below).
• Deep experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, webhooks, SQL, and enterprise integrations.
• Strong technical fluency and the ability to collaborate deeply with Product Managers and Engineers as a peer, not a hand-off.
• A track record of managing multiple technical deployments simultaneously under delivery pressure.
• Comfort leading technical troubleshooting calls with customers and internal IT teams.
• Comfortable operating on both sides of the signature — building credible proof of value under sales-cycle time pressure, and running that same system reliably in production afterward.
• You default to automation — you use AI and modern tooling to move faster, document better, and scale your own impact.
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguity into executable requirements, and to communicate insights clearly to both engineers and executives.
• Strong commercial awareness, stakeholder management, and the ability to operate effectively under delivery and revenue pressure.

Preferred

• Background in high-growth SaaS, applied AI, or fintech/ERP/accounting-adjacent domains.
• Domain experience in one of our priority verticals — construction (job costing, WIP, retainage), nonprofit (fund accounting, grant and donor compliance), manufacturing (inventory, cost accounting, production workflows), wealth management (client billing, compliance/regulatory reporting, investment accounting), health care (revenue cycle, compliance-heavy financial operations), franchise (zee governance, zor performance), or field services (job/work-order costing, scheduling-linked billing). You don't need more than one, but depth in any single vertical materially shortens ramp-up on real customer engagements.
• Non-traditional paths are a plus: veterans, former management consultants, competitive programmers, and PhDs have historically made excellent FDEs.
• Prior experience embedded at a customer site for a multi-month deployment (implementation consulting, forward-deployed, or field engineering background).

About Invovia:

Invovia is an AI-native engineering services firm headquartered in Pleasanton, California, operating globally across North America and APAC(India). We specialize in Forward Deployed Engineering, AI-accelerated delivery, legacy modernization, and safe agentic architecture — for enterprises that need AI working in production.