Forward Deployed Engineer

• Company: SurelyPlaced
• Location: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: ₹10,00,000 to ₹15,00,000
• About the Role

We are looking for an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers, rapidly understand complex business problems, and build production-grade solutions that deliver immediate value. This is a highly hands-on role for a technical generalist who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys shipping end-to-end products across infrastructure, backend, frontend, and AI integrations.

Job Requirements:

• Work directly with customers to understand workflows and technical challenges
• Design and implement end-to-end solutions spanning APIs, data pipelines, frontend applications, and AI-powered workflows
• Build production-ready systems quickly while maintaining reliability and scalability
• Develop integrations with customer environments, third-party platforms, and internal systems
• Deploy, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure and distributed systems
• Prototype rapidly, validate assumptions, and iterate based on real-world usage
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues across the entire stack
• Translate customer feedback into reusable platform capabilities
• Strong product instincts and customer empathy.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments with minimal direction.
• Bias toward action and rapid execution.
• Ability to balance speed with long-term maintainability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Proven track record of shipping production systems at scale
• Experience at high-growth startups, category-defining companies, or publicly traded technology firms

Technical Skills Required

• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS / GCP / Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, networking, observability
• Backend: Python, Go, TypeScript, Java, or equivalent.
• Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, modern web frameworks
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis, data pipelines, event-driven architectures
• AI/LLM: Agent workflows, RAG systems, model integrations, evaluation frameworks

Nice to Have

• AI application deployment in production environments
• Enterprise integration and security experience
• Open-source contributions or startup founding experience
• Background in distributed systems or developer tooling

 Characteristics of Successful Candidates

• Technical polymath who can comfortably move between infrastructure, backend, frontend, and AI.
• Customer-facing and capable of earning trust with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Pragmatic rather than dogmatic.
• Thrives in high-ownership environments.
• Natural hacker and builder who enjoys solving difficult problems under real-world constraints.