Remote Forward Deployed Engineer

Work From Anywhere Work Schedule: 9:00 AM–6:00 PM ET About Pearl Talent Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund. Hear why we exist, what we believe in, and who we're building for: Watch here About the Role The Forward Deployed Engineer sits at the intersection of engineering and client success — embedded directly with customers to implement, customize, and scale the product in their environment. This isn’t a back-office engineering role: the FDE owns the outcome of deployment, from technical integration through adoption, and is often the primary technical voice the client interacts with post-sale. What You’ll Own: Deployment & Integration Lead technical onboarding and implementation for new clients, configuring the product to fit their workflows, data, and systems Build custom integrations, scripts, or lightweight tools to bridge gaps between the core product and each client's existing stack Translate ambiguous client requirements into a scoped technical plan and execute it independently Client-Facing Technical Ownership Serve as the primary technical point of contact for assigned accounts during and after rollout Run technical discovery calls and debug issues live with client stakeholders Communicate solutions in terms non-technical audiences can act on Identify recurring friction points across clients and feed them back to product and engineering as structured input Iteration & Scale Monitor deployed solutions for reliability and performance, fixing or flagging issues before the client notices Document deployment patterns and reusable components so future rollouts move faster Balance delivery speed against long-term durability of deployed solutions Requirements Must-Have 3+ years in a software engineering role with direct client- or field-facing exposure (solutions engineering, implementation engineering, or technical consulting) Full-stack or backend proficiency with hands-on production code experience — reading and writing code, not configuration-only work Demonstrated experience building custom integrations, scripts, or internal tooling to connect a core product with external client systems Track record of owning technical implementations end-to-end: scoping, building, shipping, and supporting Experience running technical discovery sessions or live debugging with client stakeholders C1+ English (CEFR) — primary technical contact for US-based client accounts Nice-to-Have Experience with API integrations, webhooks, and common auth patterns (OAuth, SSO) Background in a startup or agency environment with rapidly shifting client requirements Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL, or scripting (Python preferred) Prior role blending sales engineering or customer success with hands-on coding Benefits …