Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Location: Seattle

Company: Terrakotta AI

About the Role

We’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers and founders to ship high-impact product features fast. You’ll operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and deployment—owning outcomes from first onboarding through long-term usage.

This role is deeply customer-facing. You won’t just build—you’ll ensure what you build actually gets adopted.

What You’ll Do

• Ship end-to-end product features that directly impact user behavior and revenue


• Work directly with founders and customer executives to understand needs and drive adoption


• Own onboarding: design and refine first-time user experiences until they are seamless


• Obsess over UX—make complex workflows feel simple and intuitive


• Blend engineering and product thinking across frontend, backend, data, and performance


• Deploy into real customer environments and iterate based on live feedback


• Prototype quickly, test in production, and push code daily


• Act as a bridge between customer, product, and engineering

What We’re Looking For

• Strong full-stack engineering ability (Python + modern frontend preferred)


• High product and UX intuition—you notice friction immediately and fix it


• Comfortable working directly with senior stakeholders and customer executives


• Ability to operate in ambiguity and turn vague problems into shipped solutions


• Bias toward speed and iteration over perfection


• Ownership mindset—you care about adoption, not just delivery

Bonus

• Experience in forward deployed / solutions / customer engineering roles


• Background in startups or high-growth environments


• Familiarity with AWS, APIs, and data systems


• Experience with onboarding flows, activation metrics, or product-led growth

Why This Role

• Direct ownership over customer outcomes and revenue


• Work side-by-side with founders and enterprise customers


• High autonomy, fast iteration, no bureaucracy


• Build and deploy systems shaping the future of commercial real estate