Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
GW354
Posted: 23/03/2026
- $150,000-$190,000
- United States
- Permanent
About the job
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
USA | Remote
$190K Base
We’re partnering with a high-growth B2B SaaS company looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join their US team. This is a highly technical, customer-facing role focused on delivering complex post-sales implementations.
The Role:
- Lead technical delivery of post-sales B2B SaaS implementations
- Own 8–12 week implementation cycles (not 1-day deployments)
- Manage implementations involving multiple engineers / cross-functional teams
- Delegate work across your pod while maintaining technical oversight
- Work directly with customers to design and deploy solutions
- Solve complex, real-world engineering problems in live environments
- Act as the technical bridge between customers and internal engineering teams
- Help shape implementation best practices as the company scales
What They’re Looking For:
Technical Skills:
- CS Bachelor’s degree
- Proficiency in any programming language (JavaScript a plus)
- Strong SQL skills
- Comfortable coding in live customer environments
Experience:
- 5+ years in technical delivery / implementations
- Experience leading multi-resource SaaS implementations
- Strong post-sales B2B SaaS implementation background
- Customer-facing experience
- Experience with resource delegation and delivery ownership
- Startup or scale-up experience
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving, high-ownership environments
Ideal Backgrounds:
- Forward Deployed Engineer
- Delivery Engineer
- Customer Engineer
- Professional Services Engineer
- Solutions / Implementation Engineer
USA | Remote
$190K Base
Disclaimer: This is NOT a lightweight implementation role or purely project management. They want someone who has genuinely led multi-resource programs while remaining technically credible.
Ashley Willing
Researcher