Taktile
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
$240K–$290K
New York Office · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Feb 19, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience including customer-facing work; ideally 6+ years in a Forward Deployed Engineer, Solution Engineer, Implementation Specialist, or equivalent role in B2B SaaS.
- Education
- Strong technical background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.
About the job
Leads customer-facing, AI-driven deployments of Taktile’s platform, from scoping use cases through production, while improving delivery practices and mentoring engineers.
What you'll do
- Own technical delivery across multiple deployments, including solution architecture, decision logic, and production AI agents.
- Manage project scope, sequencing, blockers, and customer stakeholder relationships to deliver successful projects.
- Share customer insights with product teams, develop reusable tools and practices, and coach junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, including customer-facing work.
- Production-grade Python and SQL skills, and strong command of REST API design and integrations.
- Able to work from the NYC office at least three days per week in a hybrid model.
Nice to have
- 6+ years as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Solution Engineer, Implementation Specialist, or equivalent in B2B SaaS.
- Experience building AI applications in financial services, applying statistical or machine learning models, or using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Pay
$240K – $290K (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, REST APIs, AWS, Azure, GCP
AI focus
Leads production deployments of Agentic AI use cases and Generative AI agents; preferred experience includes building AI applications and applying or optimizing statistical and machine learning models.
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