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Senior/Staff Forward Deployment Engineer (FDE) - No C2C

Purplejack Technologies LLCAliso Viejo, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 7 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to shape cutting-edge AI/GenAI and data platform solutions for enterprise clients, with significant potential for leadership and impact as you build best practices from the ground up. If you thrive on solving complex technical challenges, collaborating with diverse teams, and driving business outcomes through innovative engineering, this role is an excellent next step in your career. Apply now to join a forward-thinking team and contribute to impactful projects!

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description


  • Work directly with internal teams and external customers to understand workflows, pain points, business requirements, and desired outcomes.
  • Design and deploy production-quality solutions across AI/GenAI, data platforms, APIs, integrations, and software systems.
  • Build custom integrations and automations that solve complex enterprise business problems.
  • Develop rapid prototypes and proofs of concept, gather user feedback, and transition successful solutions into scalable production systems.
  • Integrate data pipelines, APIs, third-party platforms, and enterprise systems while handling complex real-world data and infrastructure challenges.
  • Conduct customer and stakeholder meetings, technical demonstrations, requirement discussions, and live troubleshooting sessions.
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to communicate recurring customer challenges and influence product roadmaps.
  • Monitor deployed solutions and continuously improve reliability, performance, scalability, and adoption.
  • Take ownership of business outcomes rather than focusing solely on project deliverables.
  • Establish FDE standards, development practices, playbooks, and tooling from the ground up.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers as the team scales.


    • Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building and shipping software in production environments.
  • Strong hands-on programming experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, and/or Go.
  • Strong system design and architecture judgment.
  • Full-stack software engineering experience.
  • Strong experience developing and integrating APIs.
  • Strong SQL skills and experience working with data pipelines.
  • Experience with modern data platforms such as Snowflake and/or Databricks.
  • Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI technologies, including:
    • Large Language Models (LLMs)
    • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
    • Agentic workflows
    • AI/GenAI application development



    • Skills

    SQL
    Snowflake
    Databricks
    Java
    JavaScript
    Python
    TypeScript

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