Forward Deployed Engineer

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding Team)

Location: Munich (Hybrid)
Salary: €80,000-110,000 + Equity
Language: German (minimum C1), English (minimum C1)

We're partnering with a seed-funded AI startup in Munich that's building an enterprise AI platform already used by major customers. Following strong commercial traction they are already at 7-figures ARR and looking for ther first Forward Deployed Engineer to own customer implementations and help scale the next phase of growth.

This is a high-impact role working directly with the founders at the intersection of engineering, product and customer success.

What You'll Do

• Own enterprise customer implementations from POC through to long-term deployment.

• Integrate AI solutions into customer systems and workflows.

• Work directly with customers to understand technical requirements and solve complex problems.

• Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to improve the platform.

• Turn customer feedback into product improvements.

• Become a trusted technical partner for enterprise customers.
  

What They're Looking For

• Experience in a customer-facing technical role (Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Technical Consultant, Solutions Architect, Implementation Consultant or similar).

• Strong understanding of APIs, integrations and JSON.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• German (minimum C1), English (minimum C1)

• Product mindset with strong problem-solving ability.

• High agency and comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup.

• Previous startup, consulting or enterprise SaaS experience is highly beneficial.

You do not need to be writing production code every day, but you should be technically credible and comfortable discussing architecture and integrations.

Why Join?

• Work directly with experienced founders.

• Huge ownership from day one.

• Help shape how enterprise AI is deployed in production.

• Cross-functional role spanning Product, Engineering and Customer Success.

• Equity alongside a competitive salary.

• Opportunity to join before the company's next major growth phase.

If you're excited by solving real customer problems, working at the forefront of AI, and having genuine influence in an early-stage company, we'd love to hear from you.