Forward Deployed Engineer | Americas
Forward Deployed Engineer | Americas
Forward Deployed Engineer | Americas
Los Angeles
Boston
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
New York
On-site
On-site
On-site
Full-time
Full-time
Full-time
We solve the hardest problem in applied AI — deploying it in production. Planhat works with high-velocity companies to turn messy data and legacy systems into real AI-powered commercial outcomes. Not in theory. In production.
Competencies
This isn't traditional consulting. And it's not back-office engineering. It's applied problem-solving in the real world, where your decisions directly impact revenue, retention, and business outcomes. We're looking for someone with:
3–6 years of experience in consulting, data engineering, software engineering, or similar technical roles
Comfort working directly with customers and operating in ambiguous environments
Curiosity, ownership, and interest in building something new
Willingness to travel to customer sites
The ability to learn fast — this is the most important trait of all
Technical foundations:
Strong foundation in SQL and data modeling
Experience with Python and/or other scripting languages
Experience integrating with APIs (REST / GraphQL)
Strong foundation in agentic systems and experience with AI tools to accelerate delivery
Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, or workflow automation is a bonus but not required
Trajectory
Forward Deployed Engineers are the heart of Planhat's AI Deployment Program. Joining Planhat as a Founding FDE at this moment is a unique professional accelerant:
Work with companies that are early adopters of AI and want to build the future with us
Gain experience in data engineering, systems design, AI deployment, workflow automation, and commercial operations — all at once
Become fluent in applied AI: not model research, but the much harder, much rarer skill of deploying AI that actually works
Develop technical intuition that is extremely rare in the market — the type that opens doors to engineering leadership, product architecture, or applied AI roles in any industry
Shape a brand-new discipline. FDE is to this decade what full-stack engineering was to the previous one
As our Founding FDE, you'll embed with customers, understand how their business and systems actually work, and engineer the data pipelines, workflows, and automations that make AI useful and valuable.
Definition of Success
You are continuously delivering AI-powered outcomes for customers that are measurable, scalable, and repeatable
You are consistently seen as a trusted technical partner by customers, bridging the gap between messy real-world complexity and AI systems that actually work
You are building the playbook for Forward Deployment Engineering at Planhat — shaping a discipline that is just beginning to emerge
You are growing your technical intuition across data engineering, systems design, AI deployment, and commercial operations simultaneously
You are helping companies transition into the AI era with clarity, speed, and real outcomes
Compensation
The OTE (base + variable) salary range for this position is $170,000 - $250,000 per year. Please note that actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. Please also note the range listed is just one component of the company’s total rewards package for exempt employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, long term incentives, a generous PTO policy, and other benefits.
We solve the hardest problem in applied AI — deploying it in production. Planhat works with high-velocity companies to turn messy data and legacy systems into real AI-powered commercial outcomes. Not in theory. In production.
Competencies
This isn't traditional consulting. And it's not back-office engineering. It's applied problem-solving in the real world, where your decisions directly impact revenue, retention, and business outcomes. We're looking for someone with:
3–6 years of experience in consulting, data engineering, software engineering, or similar technical roles
Comfort working directly with customers and operating in ambiguous environments
Curiosity, ownership, and interest in building something new
Willingness to travel to customer sites
The ability to learn fast — this is the most important trait of all
Technical foundations:
Strong foundation in SQL and data modeling
Experience with Python and/or other scripting languages
Experience integrating with APIs (REST / GraphQL)
Strong foundation in agentic systems and experience with AI tools to accelerate delivery
Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, or workflow automation is a bonus but not required
Trajectory
Forward Deployed Engineers are the heart of Planhat's AI Deployment Program. Joining Planhat as a Founding FDE at this moment is a unique professional accelerant:
Work with companies that are early adopters of AI and want to build the future with us
Gain experience in data engineering, systems design, AI deployment, workflow automation, and commercial operations — all at once
Become fluent in applied AI: not model research, but the much harder, much rarer skill of deploying AI that actually works
Develop technical intuition that is extremely rare in the market — the type that opens doors to engineering leadership, product architecture, or applied AI roles in any industry
Shape a brand-new discipline. FDE is to this decade what full-stack engineering was to the previous one
As our Founding FDE, you'll embed with customers, understand how their business and systems actually work, and engineer the data pipelines, workflows, and automations that make AI useful and valuable.
Definition of Success
You are continuously delivering AI-powered outcomes for customers that are measurable, scalable, and repeatable
You are consistently seen as a trusted technical partner by customers, bridging the gap between messy real-world complexity and AI systems that actually work
You are building the playbook for Forward Deployment Engineering at Planhat — shaping a discipline that is just beginning to emerge
You are growing your technical intuition across data engineering, systems design, AI deployment, and commercial operations simultaneously
You are helping companies transition into the AI era with clarity, speed, and real outcomes
Compensation
The OTE (base + variable) salary range for this position is $170,000 - $250,000 per year. Please note that actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. Please also note the range listed is just one component of the company’s total rewards package for exempt employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, long term incentives, a generous PTO policy, and other benefits.
The Forward Deployed Engineering team
The bridge between Planhat's platform and the real-world complexity of enterprise AI deployment, embedding directly with customers to engineer the data pipelines, workflows, and automations that make AI actually work in production. We tackle the hardest problem in applied AI: not building the model, but delivering outcomes in environments full of messy data, legacy systems, and organizational friction. We are shaping a brand new discipline, and we are just getting started.
The Forward Deployed Engineering team
The bridge between Planhat's platform and the real-world complexity of enterprise AI deployment, embedding directly with customers to engineer the data pipelines, workflows, and automations that make AI actually work in production. We tackle the hardest problem in applied AI: not building the model, but delivering outcomes in environments full of messy data, legacy systems, and organizational friction. We are shaping a brand new discipline, and we are just getting started.
Los Angeles
A 1928 landmark on Pacific Coast Highway, built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and known for a generation as Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café, a meeting place for the stars of 1930s Hollywood. It stands directly across from the beach, reached by a private bridge over the road. Behind it lie Italian gardens with a waterfall, outdoor terraces, and open views of the ocean — a stretch of coast where dolphins gather offshore.
Boston
New York
Los Angeles
A 1928 landmark on Pacific Coast Highway, built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and known for a generation as Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café, a meeting place for the stars of 1930s Hollywood. It stands directly across from the beach, reached by a private bridge over the road. Behind it lie Italian gardens with a waterfall, outdoor terraces, and open views of the ocean — a stretch of coast where dolphins gather offshore.
Boston
New York
About us
We're building the operating system for autonomous companies.
The future enterprise is autonomous. Commercial processes that today depend on human effort - servicing, retaining, expanding, selling and supporting — will increasingly be automated. The companies that make this transition will pull ahead. The ones that don't won't survive.
Planhat exists to make that transition real.
We started bootstrapped. Customer-funded, built on discipline instead of venture capital. That foundation shaped everything: how we build, how we sell, how we think about the long game.
Today, Planhat is the agentic customer platform of choice for 700+ companies — powering close to 10 million commercial relationships worldwide and billions of dollars runs through our platform. Wiz, Revolut, Nasdaq, Synthesia, Workday and Dropbox run their customer revenue through Planhat every year.
The shift driving all of this: business is moving to an outcome economy. Companies of the future will not buy software alone anymore — they want outcomes, and they renew or consume more when they get them. That changes everything about what enterprise software needs to be.
The winners will be the ones who build the context layer - a deep, structured, living picture of their business reality. Process automation deployed by operators — not advisors.
The outcome gap is the opportunity. Context is the moat. Deployment is the differentiator. We're building all three.
Our team spans the globe, anchored by offices in Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm. Join us.
About us
We're building the operating system for autonomous companies.
The future enterprise is autonomous. Commercial processes that today depend on human effort - servicing, retaining, expanding, selling and supporting — will increasingly be automated. The companies that make this transition will pull ahead. The ones that don't won't survive.
Planhat exists to make that transition real.
We started bootstrapped. Customer-funded, built on discipline instead of venture capital. That foundation shaped everything: how we build, how we sell, how we think about the long game.
Today, Planhat is the agentic customer platform of choice for 700+ companies — powering close to 10 million commercial relationships worldwide and billions of dollars runs through our platform. Wiz, Revolut, Nasdaq, Synthesia, Workday and Dropbox run their customer revenue through Planhat every year.
The shift driving all of this: business is moving to an outcome economy. Companies of the future will not buy software alone anymore — they want outcomes, and they renew or consume more when they get them. That changes everything about what enterprise software needs to be.
The winners will be the ones who build the context layer - a deep, structured, living picture of their business reality. Process automation deployed by operators — not advisors.
The outcome gap is the opportunity. Context is the moat. Deployment is the differentiator. We're building all three.
Our team spans the globe, anchored by offices in Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm. Join us.
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