Forward Deployed EngineerEudia | Palo Alto, CA
Opportunity for ImpactThis is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of engineering, AI, and customer delivery. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will partner directly with customers to transform their complex workflows and institutional knowledge into scalable, technology-driven solutions, while helping shape the future of our product.
About the RoleIn this role, you will collaborate closely with customers, product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to deploy and scale AI-powered solutions. You will act as a bridge between customer stakeholders and technical teams, translating real-world operational workflows into impactful product capabilities.
This role is ideal for a highly adaptable, entrepreneurial engineer who thrives in customer-facing environments and is excited to leverage AI to solve complex problems at scale.
Key Responsibilities- Customer Solution Development: Build and deploy tailored solutions by translating customer institutional knowledge and requirements into scalable, technology-enabled workflows and integrations.
- Technical Implementation: Design, develop, and deploy custom configurations, integrations, and features that address specific customer needs while maintaining platform integrity.
- Product Collaboration: Partner closely with product and engineering teams to test features, identify high-impact use cases, and contribute ideas for new product capabilities. Act as a translator between customer needs and technical execution.
- Customer Engagement & Enablement: Support customer-facing teams on calls and demos, educate users on product capabilities, validate use cases, troubleshoot technical issues, and drive successful adoption.
- Cross-Functional Impact: Collaborate across product, engineering, and GTM teams to continuously improve the product and deliver exceptional customer outcomes.
What We're Looking For- Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
- Experience deploying solutions in customer-facing or consulting environments.
- Strong user of AI tools, with a mindset of leveraging technology to scale impact.
- Entrepreneurial, highly adaptable, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
- A relentless owner mindset. You proactively identify what needs to happen, align the right people, drive outcomes, and close the loop-even if the problem starts outside your lane.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
- Excitement about AI and the opportunity to transform how complex work is done.
Preferred Qualifications- Subject matter expertise in Defense acquisitions and program management. Deep understanding of DoD procurement processes, FAR/DFARS regulations, and defense program lifecycle management is highly valued.
- Active Secret Security Clearance (or ability to obtain one).
- Experience working with government or defense sector clients.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to defense contracting (e.g., CMMC, ITAR, NIST 800-171).
Compensation Range: $160K - $200KThe posted salary range is based on our research for companies of our stage and size while in compliance with California law. This is a base salary compensation range and we encourage those who are interested to apply and have an initial discussion.
