Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Remote · Sarasota, Florida, United States or Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer — technical leader of the Forward Deployed AI Engineering team responsible for setting standards for solution quality, owning the AI & Data Science function, and delivering reusable, scalable intelligence tools across customer engagements. Role emphasizes architectural pattern definition, cross-customer intelligence systems, collaboration with SE&A and Product, mentoring senior engineers, and driving continuous improvement in AI, data, and security domains within a fast-growing cybersecurity-focused startup.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years in technical roles with senior engineering or technical leadership experience
- Expert-level programming skills with experience designing data pipelines, ML systems, or AI applications
- Deep expertise across security operations, data science, and AI/ML domains
- Experience defining technical standards, architectural patterns, and quality benchmarks for engineering teams
- Proven track record building cross-customer intelligence systems or reusable technical platforms
- Strong mentorship and knowledge-transfer skills
- Experience operating at the intersection of customer problem discovery and internal platform development
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications, Google Cloud Professional, Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are a plus
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