FDE Engineer

Job Summary

Location: Washington

Experience: 5+ years in production AI/data systems

Job Type: Permanent

Thinking Minds' client is looking for an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer to solve complex, high-impact problems directly with customers. This role is crucial for turning emerging technologies in intelligent networking, generative AI, and cloud platforms into production solutions. The engineer will work in real customer environments to shape capabilities that benefit customers at scale.

Ideal Candidate Should Have

Bold experience in intelligent networking

Bold knowledge of generative AI

Experience with agentic systems

Familiarity with automation

Proficiency in cloud platforms

Role Overview

Forward Deployed Engineers are responsible for designing, building, validating, and deploying solutions to complex business and technical problems using the client's products and platforms. They operate in real customer environments, owning technical outcomes from discovery and solution design through implementation and production readiness. The role demands a deep technical understanding and hands-on approach to ensure solutions meet scalability, security, reliability, observability, and operational safety requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with customers to design and deploy solutions using Extreme's products

Ensure production solutions are scalable and secure

Validate and stabilize production solutions

Own technical outcomes from discovery to production readiness

Work in real customer environments

Build solutions that meet demanding requirements

Top Skills and Modules

Intelligent networking

Generative AI

Cloud platforms

Automation

Agentic systems

Scalability and security expertise

Reliability and observability skills