Forward Deployed Engineer

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:
Engineering and Delivery:
Build fullstack web applications using React/TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, with responsive interfaces that work across desktop and mobile.
Design and implement APIs, database schemas, and frontend architectures suitable for production use.
Design, develop, and deploy AI agents to automate workflows and enhance product capabilities using frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, or OpenAI.
Agents SDK:
Deploy, configure, and operate applications across the client's cloud stack, adapting comfortably between providers such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and Oracle Cloud.
Infrastructure (OCI), which is the platform for the client engagement.
Debug and resolve issues across the full stack, including in production environments.
Write clean, tested, and well-documented code.
Product Thinking:
Run discovery with clients to uncover the underlying problem, not just the feature they asked for and translate it into a clear solution shape.
Scope work into shippable increments, make trade-offs between scope, time, and quality, and communicate those trade-offs transparently.
Maintain a working roadmap for each engagement and keep priorities aligned as the picture evolves.
Define success metrics with the client and track whether what you ship is actually moving them.
Push back constructively when a request doesn't serve the user or the business, and propose better alternatives.
Client and Relationship Management:
Be the primary technical point of contact for the engagement, running working sessions, demos, and status updates with confidence.
Build trust with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership at the client.
Set and manage expectations, proactively surface risks early, communicate slippage honestly, and celebrate wins concretely.
Spot opportunities to deepen the engagement and flag them to the wider team.
Leave every interaction with the client feeling that the engagement is in good hands.
Requirements:
3-6 years of experience building and shipping production web applications across the full stack
Strong proficiency in React.js (TypeScript, hooks, modern patterns)
Solid backend experience with Node.js (Express, Fastify, or similar).
Working proficiency in PostgreSQL schema design, query optimisation, and migrations.
Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
Comfort deploying and running applications on cloud infrastructure, with the versatility to adapt across cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) as the engagement requires.
Active use of AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code) in professional work, with the ability to critically evaluate AI-generated output.
Demonstrated product instinct: comfort scoping ambiguous problems, prioritising ruthlessly, and making sensible build-vs-defer calls without a PM holding your hand.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a track record of working directly with clients or business stakeholders.
High ownership: you treat the client's outcome as your own and follow through without being chased.
Good to Have:
Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute, networking, database, or deployment services.
Experience building or integrating AI agents (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or similar frameworks).
Prior experience in a client-facing, consulting, or forward-deployed engineering role.
Experience leading discovery workshops, writing PRDs or solution proposals, or running stakeholder demos.
Experience with third-party system integrations (ERPs, payment gateways, OAuth/SSO).
Data migration experience cleaning, transforming, and loading data from varied sources.
Familiarity with message queues.
Exposure to account growth, renewals, or scoping follow-on work with existing clients.

Experience
3-6 yrs