Forward Deployed Engineer – Software / Infrastructure / AI
Company: StageYou, Inc.
Location: Remote (Remote)
Salary: $150,000 - $250,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-09-03
About this role
StageYou, Inc. is recruiting a Forward Deployed Engineer on behalf of a fast-growing U.S. technology company.
We are seeking a highly capable engineer who combines strong hands-on software engineering skills with the ability to work directly with customers to deploy, integrate, and improve production systems.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex real-world problems, working closely with users and technical stakeholders, and taking solutions from initial design through implementation, deployment, and production.
What You May Work On
- Design, build, integrate, and deploy production-grade software and infrastructure
- Work directly with customers to understand technical requirements and operational workflows
- Build backend services, APIs, integrations, internal tools, and data workflows
- Deploy applications into cloud, hybrid, or customer-controlled environments
- Troubleshoot complex software, infrastructure, networking, data, and integration issues
- Build reusable solutions from customer-specific requirements
- Partner with product and engineering teams to feed customer requirements back into the core product
- Support technical discovery, prototypes, demonstrations, onboarding, and production rollouts
- Work with AI/ML-enabled products where relevant
- Travel or work onsite with customers when required
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of professional software engineering, infrastructure engineering, SRE, solutions engineering, or related experience
- Strong programming ability in one or more of **Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Go, C++, or similar**
- Experience with APIs, backend systems, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with technologies such as **AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, Kafka, Terraform, and CI/CD**
- Ability to debug unfamiliar systems and solve problems independently
- Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with technical and non-technical customers...