Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, Remote. Posted 5 days ago

The role

You will be the technical lead for customer engagements. You will connect customer environments with product and engineering teams to take technical proofs of value from discovery through production deployment.

What you will do

Lead customer discovery to understand data architectures, operational constraints, and business needs
Scope and deliver proofs of value, including technical validation and plans for production adoption
Run product demonstrations, respond to technical objections, and guide architecture discussions with senior stakeholders
Develop repeatable pre-sales materials, discovery frameworks, and reference architectures
Translate customer requirements and edge cases into actionable feedback for product and engineering teams
Partner with machine learning and infrastructure teams to deliver deployments that meet customer expectations
Travel regularly to customer sites across the UK and Europe

Required qualifications

At least 5 years of professional experience
2 to 3 years building or delivering technical data systems
Experience in forward-deployed engineering, solutions architecture, deployment strategy, or customer-facing data and AI delivery
Track record of personally taking enterprise proofs of value through to production commitments, including navigating procurement and security reviews
Strong knowledge of modern data stacks, including warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data governance
Production experience with LLM or agentic systems
Experience leading technical discovery and demos with enterprise stakeholders and translating customer constraints into product feedback
Python or SQL skills sufficient to prototype solutions with customers

Nice to have

Knowledge of knowledge graphs, semantic layers, ontologies, or entity resolution
Experience in regulated or air-gapped environments
Experience in European markets
Experience in early-stage companies

Before you apply

Visa sponsorship is not available

About the company

clera is an early-stage enterprise AI infrastructure company.