Runlayer
Forward Deployed Engineer
NYC +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Mar 10, 2026
- Location
- NYC
SF - Experience
- 5+ years of FDE / SA / SE experience; no alternatives stated.
About the job
Own the technical customer go-to-market process, leading enterprise proofs of concept, integrations, onboarding, and deployments.
What you'll do
- Own enterprise customer POC outcomes and lead technical deep dives, demos, and architecture discussions.
- Troubleshoot integrations across identity, security, and networking environments; build custom configurations and solutions.
- Lead technical onboarding and adoption workshops, serving as the technical expert during sales cycles.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of FDE / SA / SE experience with a CS background.
- Solutions engineering, pre-sales, or consulting experience with the ability to independently write and debug production code.
- Hands-on experience building AI agents, including architecture, memory, and tool design.
- Depth in at least one relevant area, such as identity and auth, MCP, agent frameworks, security, deployment, networking, or observability.
Nice to have
- Prior solutions, pre-sales, or forward-deployed experience at a high-growth B2B startup.
- Open-source contributions or content in agent, identity, or policy spaces.
Tools
MCP
AI focus
Build AI agents and use AI in development workflows; discuss agent architecture, memory, and tool design.
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