Forward Deployed Software Engineer

About the Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will be a key member of the Data and AI Solutions team, partnering with customers to understand and implement tailored solutions for their complex challenges. You will leverage problem-solving ability, creativity, and technical expertise to help organizations utilize their data, address critical business needs, and drive significant impact. In this role, you will own end-to-end project execution across industries, solving complex, real-world problems. You will take ownership of projects from concept through implementation, working in small teams to deliver technical solutions. Your work may involve designing technical architecture, working with large-scale datasets, developing custom applications, collaborating with customer executives, and contributing to team strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients to understand their most pressing problems and design and implement data-driven solutions.
• Work in small teams with minimal supervision, taking ownership of high-impact projects from planning through implementation.
• Discuss architecture with fellow engineers and establish strategy for your team.
• Wrangle massive-scale data and code custom web applications to deliver client solutions.
• Speak with client executives to share progress, gather input, and align on priorities.
• Collaborate internally with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds, including other FDEs, product teams, and strategy teams.
• Work externally with clients, often on site, to understand and tackle their priorities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal direction.
• Ability to collaborate in teams of technical and non-technical individuals.
• Comfort working in a constantly evolving environment with dynamic objectives and iterative work with users.
• Eagerness to creatively solve technical problems using data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
• Interest in working with and using large-scale data to solve valuable business problems.
• Willingness and interest to travel as needed to client sites (travel of 25-50% is expected).

Qualifications

• Recent graduate with up to 1 year of professional experience in an engineering or technical role.
• Engineering background, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
• Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
• Active U.S. security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
• Compensation range for Illinois applicants: $95,000 - $125,000 per year + annual bonus + additional benefits.