FORWARD DEPLOYED DATA ENGINEER

EROAD

$110K — $130K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on data engineering or analytics engineering experience
  • Strong SQL skills
  • Experience with a cloud data warehouse, preferably Snowflake
  • Proficiency in Python or another relevant programming language
  • Experience with dbt or an equivalent transformation framework
  • Strong customer-facing communication skills, comfortable presenting to executives
  • Git-based development and CI/CD experience

Responsibilities

  • Lead discovery workshops with customers to understand business problems
  • Present findings and solution approaches to technical teams and executives
  • Translate business challenges into scoped data and AI solutions
  • Build and prototype applied AI use cases with customers
  • Manage full customer engagement processes from scoping to risk management
  • Collaborate closely with Sales, Product and Engineering teams

Benefits

  • Ownership of strategic customer engagements
  • Direct interaction with North American customers on data and AI solutions
  • Work within a high-growth, publicly listed technology company
  • Be part of a talented and collaborative multicultural team
  • Support for continuous learning, including EAP offerings and AI tooling
  • Competitive benefits package
Full Job Description
WHAT YOU'LL DO

This role blends hands-on data engineering with direct customer ownership, from first workshop through to delivered solution.

- Lead discovery workshops with customers to understand their business problems firsthand
- Present findings and solution approaches to both technical teams and executive stakeholders
- Translate business problems into scoped data, analytics and AI solutions
- Build and prototype applied AI use cases directly with customers
- Own engagements end to end, including scoping, estimates and risk management
- Work closely with Sales, Product and Engineering to shape and deliver customer solutions

WHAT YOU NEED

You'll bring solid data engineering depth alongside real comfort operating in front of customers.

- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering or analytics engineering experience
- Strong SQL skills
- Experience with a cloud data warehouse, Snowflake preferred, or equivalent hands-on depth on another modern cloud data warehouse
- Python or another relevant programming language
- Experience with dbt or an equivalent transformation framework
- Solid data quality and governance practices
- Git-based development and CI/CD experience
- Strong customer-facing communication skills, comfortable presenting to executive audiences
- Power BI dashboard-building experience is a plus
- Prior experience in professional services, solutions engineering or technical consulting is a plus
- Experience with Snowflake Secure Data Sharing or customer data integration is a plus
- Streaming or near-real-time data experience is a plus
- Background in transportation, telematics, logistics, compliance or cold-chain, or familiarity with North American fleet operations, is a plus

WHY JOIN

You'll get real ownership of strategic customer engagements at a company operating at genuine scale.

- Work directly with strategic North American customers, shaping their data and AI solutions from the ground up
- Join a high-growth, publicly listed technology company making a real difference for its customers
- Be part of a talented, collaborative and multicultural team
- Continuous learning support, including EAP offerings and AI tooling
- Competitive benefits package

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