Lead Engineer ( Forward Deployed Engineer ) Santa Clara, CA
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The Lead Engineer will own end‑to‑end design and implementation of complex cross‑cutting features, drive architectural decisions for reliability and performance, partner with product and AI teams, mentor engineers, and resolve enterprise customer escalations in a SaaS environment.
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Full job description
Own end-to-end design and implementation of complex, cross-cutting features spanning multiple services or product areas. Drive architectural decisions focused on reliability, performance, extensibility, and maintainability. Partner closely with Product Management, Platform Engineering, and Applied AI teams to deliver solutions aligned with customer outcomes. 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production systems at scale. Strong backend engineering experience (e.g., Java, Python, Scala, or similar) with distributed systems. Proven experience handling enterprise customer escalations and complex production issues. Deep understanding of system design, APIs, data pipelines, and service-oriented or microservices architectures. Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments with competing customer and platform priorities. Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams. Hands-on experience building frontend applications with React, Angular, and related UI frameworks Strong communication skills. Experience in Customer Engineering and/or Solutions Engineering, within a SaaS company. Familiarity with enterprise integrations, data ingestion pipelines, and customer-specific configurations. Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and production monitoring tools. Exposure to AI/ML-enabled platforms or data-intensive products. Experience our comprehensive benefits with family medical, vision and dental coverage, a competitive base salary, and eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses or commissions. Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues involving distributed systems, large-scale data, and integrations. Work directly with Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, and Support teams to deliver timely, high-quality resolutions. Establish best practices for observability, debugging, testing, and incident response in customer-facing systems.
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