Forward-Deployed Software Engineer (Hybrid, 10-33% Travel)

Catalyst Labs; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyst Labs is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company that embeds top engineering talent directly into customer environments to solve high‑impact operational and data challenges. The Forward Deployed Software Engineer will partner with executives and engineers to design, build, and maintain high‑impact applications that drive measurable business outcomes.

You will transform enterprise data into actionable workflows, deliver data‑driven solutions, and ship end‑to‑end systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 1–5 years of experience as a full-stack engineer, data engineer, or FDE.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with production-ready solutions.
• Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.
• Experience building apps using large datasets in production.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customer stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions.
• Architect, develop, and maintain applications that operationalize enterprise data.
• Build end-to-end workflows using large structured and unstructured data.
• Iterate rapidly, often building systems from scratch to speed customer delivery.
• Collaborate with executives, operators, and cross-functional teams to deploy tools.
• Own projects autonomously from delivery to long-term success.
• Embed with customer teams, providing technical expertise on-site as needed.
• Travel to client sites 10–33% to support implementations and adoption.
• Work hybrid/on-site at offices (NY, DC, Denver) and at customer locations during deployments.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Full-stack development

Data processing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS or related

Tools

Palantir Foundry (preferred)

React

Spark / Big Data

Job description

Catalyst Labs is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company that embeds top engineering talent directly into customer environments to solve high‑impact operational and data challenges. The Forward Deployed Software Engineer will partner with executives and engineers to design, build, and maintain high‑impact applications that drive measurable business outcomes.

You will transform enterprise data into actionable workflows, deliver data‑driven solutions, and ship end‑to‑end systems.