Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Nimble Gravity; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nimble Gravity, LLC is seeking an engineering leader to build and coach a distributed team across the Americas, turning ambiguous business problems into production AI systems. You will drive delivery across multiple client engagements, run client demos and architecture sessions, and shape the next phase of work with account leadership.

You will stay hands-on with code, prototype and review designs, and establish repeatable practices and playbooks to scale the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in software engineering with leadership experience.
• Experience delivering client-facing engagements.
• Hands-on with LLMs and agentic patterns.
• Strong Python or TypeScript and API design.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a distributed engineering team across time zones.
• Own delivery across multiple client engagements.
• Run demos, architecture sessions, and workshops with clients.
• Prototype and review designs, unblock team on agentic workflows.
• Identify next phase opportunities and expand engagements.
• Develop repeatable practices, accelerators, and playbooks.
• Collaborate with data, cloud, and digital engineering teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed leadership

Client-facing delivery

LLM / agentic patterns

Python

TypeScript

Cloud foundations

Tools

Claude Code

Claude Cowork

Anthropic API

Model Context Protocol

Job description

About Nimble Gravity

We're a data, AI and digital engineering consultancy. Certified across Microsoft, Anthropic, and Databricks, we turn AI ambition into working systems for leaders who need results, not roadmaps.

We're looking for a hands-on engineering leader who is as comfortable in a client workshop as in a pull request. You'll build and coach a team across the Americas that turns ambiguous business problems into working AI systems in production. You'll also spot where the next phase of work lives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a distributed team: Hire, coach, and grow forward deployed engineers across the USA and LATAM. Build a culture of trust, clear communication, and shared standards across time zones.
• Own delivery: Be accountable for scope, quality, timelines, and outcomes across multiple concurrent client engagements.
• Be the technical voice with clients: Run demos, architecture sessions, and delivery workshops that show clients what Claude Code and Claude Cowork can do in their environment.
• Build alongside the team: Stay close to the code. Prototype, review designs, and unblock the team on agentic workflows, tool use, MCP integrations, and evaluation.
• Find the next phase: Spot expansion opportunities in the work and partner with account leadership to shape and scope them.
• Establish repeatable practices: Build reusable patterns, accelerators, and playbooks that the whole team can use, wherever they sit.
• Collaborate across the business: Work with data, cloud, and digital engineering teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes.

What We're Looking For

Required

• 7+ years in software engineering, with 2+ years leading engineers or technical teams, ideally distributed ones.
• Experience in client-facing delivery: consulting, solutions engineering, or forward deployed work.
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs and agentic patterns, including tool use, RAG, workflow orchestration, and evaluation.
• Strong Python or TypeScript skills, plus solid API design, CI/CD, and cloud fundamentals (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Excellent written and spoken English, and the ability to explain complex technical ideas clearly to executives and engineers alike.
• Availability for meaningful working-hours overlap with US Eastern and Central time.
• A track record of taking ambiguous problems to production.

Preferred

• Hands-on experience with Claude Code, Claude Cowork, the Anthropic API, or the Model Context Protocol.
• Experience with AI governance, security, and responsible-use practices in enterprise settings.
• Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese.
• Background in data science or formal engineering training.
• Experience in a consulting or professional services environment.

Core Qualities

• Ownership: You take responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.
• Curiosity and courage: You ask the real questions and challenge assumptions, politely but firmly.
• Coaching mindset: You grow people and share credit.
• Async-first communication: You keep a distributed team moving with clear documentation and decisions.
• Adaptability: You're comfortable when the tools change monthly.

Interview process

• Interview with Recruiter (30 min)
• 1st Technical Interview (45 min)
• 2nd Technical Interview (45 min)
• Final Interview with VP, AI Applied Solutions

Case Studies

Nimble Gravity Applied Anthropic Practice

About Nimble Gravity

Nimble Gravity is a team of outdoor enthusiasts, adrenaline seekers, and experienced growth hackers. We love solving hard problems and believe the right data can transform and propel growth for any organization.

Nimble Gravity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Nimble Gravity considers all qualified applicants.