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Forward Deployed Engineer
Raleigh, North Carolina · 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 technical success of strategic customer deployments, solve infrastructure challenges alongside customer teams, and turn operational needs into product improvements.
What you'll do
- Design, support, and optimize customer deployments from design through production operation.
- Debug infrastructure issues, develop code and automation, and collaborate with customer engineers on large workloads.
- Translate customer requirements into executable product requirements and advocate for them in the product roadmap.
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 knowledge of Linux systems architecture, memory management, and kernel mechanics.
- Proficiency in Python and C/C++, and 5+ years in a highly technical engineering role with customer-facing collaboration.
Nice to have
- Experience operating large-scale AI training environments or HPC clusters.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
Tools
Python, C/C++, InfiniBand, RoCE, 100GbE+, Docker, Kubernetes, PyTorch
AI focus
Supports infrastructure for AI training and inference; the role may involve operating AI training environments and working with AI/ML frameworks.
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