Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer, Commercial Operations

Datasite; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Datasite seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Commercial Operations to accelerate AI-enabled tools across the Global Sales organization. You will work with stakeholders to translate business needs into practical AI solutions, balancing speed, quality, and measurable impact.

The role is hybrid in NYC or Minneapolis, requiring 3 days in the office. This hands-on position demands collaboration with product, engineering, data, security, and governance teams to deliver scalable,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering or related roles.
• Ability to work with non-technical stakeholders.
• Interest in sales, enablement, and revenue operations.
• Experience moving from prototype to production.
• Comfort across product, engineering, data, security, and operations teams.
• Strong analytical skills to measure impact.
• Collaborative, iterative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Embed within the global Sales organization and define practical technical solutions.
• Design, build, deploy AI apps, agents, and automations with fast time-to-market.
• Develop reusable engineering patterns and delivery practices.
• Partner with technology, data, security, and governance teams for enterprise requirements.
• Enable adoption with training, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate to measure performance and communicate progress, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

5+ years experience

Stakeholder communication

Sales/revenue ops understanding

Prototype to production

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

About Us

Datasite is the essential infrastructure for M&A. Also comprising Grata, Blueflame AI, and Sherpany, we help dealbreakers find opportunities, manage transactions, and make key decisions.

About Us

Datasite is the essential infrastructure for M&A. Also comprising Grata, Blueflame AI, and Sherpany, we help dealbreakers find opportunities, manage transactions, and make key decisions.
Whatever your talents, you can find a place for them here. Get involved in some of the biggest business ventures today. Work with other gifted people around the world. Follow your ambitions, or discover a whole new path.
Can you help us simplify the complex, create great experiences, and deliver better outcomes? Then let's talk.

Job Description

Datasite is seeking a full-time Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Commercial Operations to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of AI-enabled tools, automations, and technical solutions across our Global Sales organization, including Revenue Enablement and Revenue Operations.
As part of Datasite's Transformation Office, this role will be dedicated to supporting the Sales organization, working directly with commercial stakeholders to understand their workflows, identifying high-impact opportunities, and building practical, scalable solutions that improve seller effectiveness, productivity, and business outcomes.
This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and business. Success requires the ability to move quickly from ambiguous business challenges to working solutions, balancing speed, quality, scalability, and measurable impact.
We are open to hiring this position in NYC or Minneapolis. This is a hybrid position with 3 days per week in office.

Key Responsibilities

• Embed within the global Sales organization, developing a deep understanding of commercial workflows and partnering with stakeholders and the Transformation Office to evaluate opportunities, validate technical feasibility, and define practical technical solutions.
• Design, build, integrate, test, and deploy production-ready AI applications, agents, automations, and workflow solutions, owning technical delivery from prototyping through deployment and iteration with an emphasis on speed to market, scalability, and measurable business impact.
• Develop reusable engineering patterns, components, and delivery practices that accelerate future deployments, prioritizing rapid value realization over unnecessary technical complexity while balancing speed, quality, and scalability.
• Partner with relevant technology, data, security, and governance teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements for reliability, security, supportability, and global deployment.
• Partner with commercial stakeholders and enablement teams to drive solution adoption through intuitive user experiences, training, documentation, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement informed by user feedback.
• Collaborate with Transformation Business Analysts and commercial stakeholders to measure solution performance, adoption, and business impact against established objectives, while communicating technical progress, risks, and opportunities for continued improvement.

Experience And Ways Of Working

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in software engineering, technical consulting, solutions engineering, software implementation, or related technical roles, with demonstrated success building and deploying production-ready software, automations, AI-enabled products, or enterprise solutions.
• Strong ability to work directly with non-technical stakeholders, understand their workflows, and convert business needs into practical technical solutions.
• Commercial curiosity and the ability to develop a strong understandig of sales, enablement, and revenue operations processes.
• Experience taking solutions from prototype to production, including technical design, integration, testing, documentation, release management, and post-launch support.
• Comfort working across product, engineering, data, security, and operational teams in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to understand business objectives, measure solution performance and outcomes, and communicate value clearly.
• A collaborative, iterative mindset: build with users, learn quickly, and scale what demonstrably works.

Measures of success

Success Will Be Measured Through

• Demonstrable ROI through increased sales and revenue growth, enabled by greater selling capacity, improved productivity, time savings, and cost avoidance.
• Adoption, active usage, and sustained engagement with deployed solutions.
• Reduction in manual effort, process cycle time, rework, or avoidable errors.
• Improvements in seller productivity, process quality, and commercial or operational outcomes where attributable.
• Speed and quality of delivery from validated opportunity to production deployment.
• A growing, well‑governed portfolio of globally reusable solutions with clear ownership, documentation, and performance reporting.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time

The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position based on a good faith assessment of the role and market data at the time of posting. Consistent with applicable law, each candidate’s compensation offer may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, your geographic region, skills, qualifications, and experience along with the requirements of the position. This position may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or overtime if applicable. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), a retirement savings plan, paid time off, and other employee benefits. Specific details will be provided during the interview process. Datasite reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
$118,800.00 - $207,200.00

Our company is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce where all individuals are respected and valued. We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are dedicated to building teams that reflect the diversity of our communities.