Forward Deployed Engineer
Berlin Office • FullTime
Posted 3mo ago
About the job
Taktile is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to empower financial institutions to become AI-native organizations. This role involves leading complex AI-driven deployments from initial scoping of Agentic AI use cases to production stability. You will apply technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address real-world challenges, which may include designing solution architectures, developing Generative AI agents, and collaborating with customer stakeholders to ensure rapid time to value. The position requires effective work scoping, delivery sequencing, and proactive blocker removal, balancing scope, speed, and quality for successful project completion. You will also partner with the product management team to translate customer needs into actionable product insights, influencing the product roadmap, and contribute to developing reusable resources and best practices to scale the forward deployed engineering function.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex AI-driven Taktile deployments in production, owning technical delivery from scoping to stable production.
- Design solution architectures, develop decision logic, and deploy production-grade Generative AI agents.
- Align with key customer stakeholders to ensure outstanding experience and rapid time to value.
- Scope work, sequence delivery, and proactively remove blockers, making trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality.
- Partner with product management to translate customer needs into actionable product insights and influence the product roadmap.
- Develop reusable resources, best practices, and tools to scale the forward deployed engineering function.
Requirements
- 2+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, including customer-facing work.
- Strong technical background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.
- Proficiency in writing and reviewing production-grade Python and SQL.
- Strong command of REST API design and integrations.
- Ability to break down complex problems and make quick, well-informed decisions under pressure.
- Skill in building strong relationships with technical and business stakeholders.
- Curiosity and a customer-centric mindset.
- Collaborative, curious, and low-ego approach, working well across product, engineering, and GTM teams.
- Genuine desire to understand customers' businesses.
Benefits
- Top-of-market equity and cash compensation package.
- Self-development budget for conferences, books, or classes.
- Choice of equipment, including meaningful home office setup.
- Opportunity to work with supportive and high-achieving colleagues.
- Chance to shape an early-stage company with a flat hierarchy.
- Direct communication with founding team members.
- Mentorship and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Access to a network of leading tech investors and advisors.