Remote Forward Deployed Engineer
Pearl • São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil • Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Posted: August 19, 2026
Job Description
Work From Anywhere
Work Schedule: 9:00 AM–6:00 PM ET
About Pearl Talent
Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund.
Hear why we exist, what we believe in, and who we're building for: Watch here
About the Role
The Forward Deployed Engineer sits at the intersection of engineering and client success — embedded directly with customers to implement, customize, and scale the product in their environment. This isn’t a back-office engineering role: the FDE owns the outcome of deployment, from technical integration through adoption, and is often the primary technical voice the client interacts with post-sale.
What You’ll Own:
Deployment & Integration
- Lead technical onboarding and implementation for new clients, configuring the product to fit their workflows, data, and systems
- Build custom integrations, scripts, or lightweight tools to bridge gaps between the core product and each client's existing stack
- Translate ambiguous client requirements into a scoped technical plan and execute it independently
Client-Facing Technical Ownership
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for assigned accounts during and after rollout
- Run technical discovery calls and debug issues live with client stakeholders
- Communicate solutions in terms non-technical audiences can act on
- Identify recurring friction points across clients and feed them back to product and engineering as structured input
Iteration & Scale
- Monitor deployed solutions for reliability and performance, fixing or flagging issues before the client notices
- Document deployment patterns and reusable components so future rollouts move faster
- Balance delivery speed against long-term durability of deployed solutions
Must-Have
- 3+ years in a software engineering role with direct client- or field-facing exposure (solutions engineering, implementation engineering, or technical consulting)
- Full-stack or backend proficiency with hands-on production code experience — reading and writing code, not configuration-only work
- Demonstrated experience building custom integrations, scripts, or internal tooling to connect a core product with external client systems
- Track record of owning technical implementations end-to-end: scoping, building, shipping, and supporting
- Experience running technical discovery sessions or live debugging with client stakeholders
- C1+ English (CEFR) — primary technical contact for US-based client accounts
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with API integrations, webhooks, and common auth patterns (OAuth, SSO)
- Background in a startup or agency environment with rapidly shifting client requirements
- Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL, or scripting (Python preferred)
- Prior role blending sales engineering or customer success with hands-on coding
Additional Content
Work From Anywhere
Work Schedule: 9:00 AM–6:00 PM ET
About Pearl Talent
Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund.
Hear why we exist, what we believe in, and who we're building for: Watch here
About the Role
The Forward Deployed Engineer sits at the intersection of engineering and client success — embedded directly with customers to implement, customize, and scale the product in their environment. This isn’t a back-office engineering role: the FDE owns the outcome of deployment, from technical integration through adoption, and is often the primary technical voice the client interacts with post-sale.
What You’ll Own:
Deployment & Integration
- Lead technical onboarding and implementation for new clients, configuring the product to fit their workflows, data, and systems
- Build custom integrations, scripts, or lightweight tools to bridge gaps between the core product and each client's existing stack
- Translate ambiguous client requirements into a scoped technical plan and execute it independently
Client-Facing Technical Ownership
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for assigned accounts during and after rollout
- Run technical discovery calls and debug issues live with client stakeholders
- Communicate solutions in terms non-technical audiences can act on
- Identify recurring friction points across clients and feed them back to product and engineering as structured input
Iteration & Scale
- Monitor deployed solutions for reliability and performance, fixing or flagging issues before the client notices
- Document deployment patterns and reusable components so future rollouts move faster
- Balance delivery speed against long-term durability of deployed solutions
Must-Have
- 3+ years in a software engineering role with direct client- or field-facing exposure (solutions engineering, implementation engineering, or technical consulting)
- Full-stack or backend proficiency with hands-on production code experience — reading and writing code, not configuration-only work
- Demonstrated experience building custom integrations, scripts, or internal tooling to connect a core product with external client systems
- Track record of owning technical implementations end-to-end: scoping, building, shipping, and supporting
- Experience running technical discovery sessions or live debugging with client stakeholders
- C1+ English (CEFR) — primary technical contact for US-based client accounts
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with API integrations, webhooks, and common auth patterns (OAuth, SSO)
- Background in a startup or agency environment with rapidly shifting client requirements
- Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL, or scripting (Python preferred)
- Prior role blending sales engineering or customer success with hands-on coding