Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, Sep 10, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Serving as an elite technical authority, the full-time Principal Forward Deployed Engineer will manage enterprise modernization projects, design production systems for AI inferencing, and influence technical roadmaps while working remotely.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary technical authority bridging core engineering and C-level enterprise customer architects
- Architect and validate production-grade Kubernetes and cloud topologies for critical deployments
- Lead technical migration strategies transitioning legacy systems to cloud-native environments
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in infrastructure and distributed systems
- Proven ability to command technical credibility with C-suite stakeholders
- Mastery of Kubernetes mechanics and cloud-native architectures
- Extensive experience with AI inferencing pipelines and GPU infrastructure
- Hands-on experience developing in Go, Python, or Java for systems-level infrastructure
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