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Forward Deployed Engineer
San Jose · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in a highly technical engineering role, such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Resident Engineer, Systems Software Engineer, or Senior Systems Engineer.
About the job
Own the technical success of strategic customer deployments, solving infrastructure challenges and translating customer needs into product improvements.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with customer teams to optimize infrastructure, debug issues, and develop solutions for large workloads.
- Write code, including API endpoints, automation tools, and scripts, to support customer workflows.
- Translate operational insights into technical requirements and advocate for customer needs in product development.
What they ask for
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems, high-performance file systems, storage protocols, and performance tuning.
- Strong understanding of high-throughput networking, including InfiniBand, RoCE, and 100GbE+ networking; advanced Linux systems knowledge.
- Proficiency in Python and C/C++, including debugging and contributing to complex codebases.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, with customer-facing collaboration experience.
Nice to have
- Experience operating large-scale AI training environments or HPC clusters.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
Tools
InfiniBand, RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet), 100GbE+, Linux, Python, C/C++, Docker, Kubernetes
AI focus
Supports infrastructure for AI training and inference; the role may involve operating large-scale AI training environments and working with AI/ML frameworks.
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