Founding Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer

Aran Industries; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully compensated health plans with 𝟭

Job summary

Aran Industries seeks a forward-deployed engineer who will own deployments on customer projects, configure engines to client standards, and deliver engineering packages from kickoff to completion.

You’ll work on site with customer teams, build integrations with CAD/BIM and project-management tools, travel regularly, and translate field learnings into product improvements that scale. This role is remote within the US/Canada (excluding Quebec) and offers strong growth with equity.

Qualifications

• Shipped software that real users relied on.
• Proficient with AI coding agents to navigate unfamiliar codebases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with engineers, PMs and executives.
• Remain calm and resourceful when a customer deadline is at risk.
• Ability to learn new technical domains quickly (power, cooling, structures, permitting).
• Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Own Aran’s deployment on customer projects from kickoff to delivered package.
• Configure and extend parametric engines and AI agents to fit customer standards.
• Build integrations and tools connecting Aran to CAD/BIM, documents, and project-management systems.
• Work on site with customer engineers to unblock issues and earn their trust.
• Turn field learnings into product requirements and reusable features.

Skills

Shipped software

AI coding agents

Clear communication

Calm under deadlines

Learn new technical domains

Willing to travel

Job description

Our software only matters when it ships on a real project. Your job is to make sure it does.

As a forward-deployed engineer, you’ll work side by side with our customers (developers, hyperscalers, EPCs and their engineering teams) and turn their projects into working Aran deployments. You’ll learn how each customer designs, permits and builds, configure our engines to their standards, and get engineering deliverables out the door on their schedule.

When something doesn’t fit, you fix it: write the code, adjust the model, or bring back exactly what the platform needs next. You’re the shortest path between a customer’s problem and our product.

Expect regular travel to customer offices and job sites.

What you’ll achieve

• Own Aran’s deployment on customer projects, from kickoff to a delivered engineering package.
• Configure and extend our parametric engines and AI agents to fit each customer’s standards, templates and workflows.
• Build the integrations, scripts and tools that connect Aran to customers’ CAD/BIM, document and project-management systems.
• Work on site with customer engineers and construction teams to unblock issues fast and earn their trust.
• Turn what you learn in the field into product: clear requirements, reusable features and fixes the team ships.
• Help shape how Aran scales from a few flagship projects to many.

You must

• Be a strong engineer who has shipped stuff that real users depended on.
• Be highly proficient with AI coding agents and use them to move fast in unfamiliar codebases and domains.
• Communicate clearly with engineers, project managers and executives, in writing and in person.
• Stay calm and resourceful when a customer deadline is at risk, and own the outcome.
• Learn new technical domains quickly: power, cooling, structures, permitting and construction.
• Be willing to travel frequently to customer offices and job sites.

You do not need to

• Have a degree in engineering or computer science.
• Have worked in data centers, construction or AEC.
• Have held a "forward-deployed" or customer-facing title before.

Experience as a forward-deployed, solutions or field engineer, or delivering technical projects for demanding customers, is particularly interesting.

Full-time | Remote (US or Canada, excluding Quebec) | US$150k–$250k or CA$215k–CA$355k base + founding-team equity

• Fully compensated health plans with 100% dependent coverage.

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