Forward Deployed Engineer
terrakottaSeattle (WA)
Forward Deployed Engineer
Posted 27 days ago
terrakottaSeattle (WA)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Location: Seattle
Company:
Terrakotta AIAbout the RoleWe'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 revenueWork 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 itComfortable 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
- BonusExperience 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 RoleDirect ownership over customer outcomes and revenueWork 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
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