Senior Federal Forward-Deployed Engineer (Remote)

FDE Times; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepgram is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join the Applied Engineering team, focused on federal customers. You will embed with strategic accounts to lead deployments of Deepgram’s Voice AI platform in production environments where performance matters and urgency is high.

Role involves on-prem, air-gapped, or hardware-constrained settings, defining architecture, delivery sequencing, and building reusable patterns.

Qualifications

• Experience with deploying production systems in fast-moving or government environments.
• Strong software engineering background with professional development in at least one modern language (Python/JS).
• Ability to scope and deliver complex systems in ambiguous contexts.

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across federal deployments from prototype to production.
• Embed with federal customers to design mission-critical applications.
• Deploy and operate models in self-hosted, air-gapped, and edge environments.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

Rust

Security clearance

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS GovCloud

Azure Government

Job description

Deepgram is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join the Applied Engineering team, focused on federal customers. You will embed with strategic accounts to lead deployments of Deepgram’s Voice AI platform in production environments where performance matters and urgency is high.

Role involves on-prem, air-gapped, or hardware-constrained settings, defining architecture, delivery sequencing, and building reusable patterns.