Engineering: Senior Customer Forward Deployed Engineer
AI summary of the role
This role is a customer-facing engineering position on the Forward Deployed Engineering team at Amplitude, owning end-to-end technical delivery for enterprise implementations.
What you’ll do
- Own enterprise implementations end-to-end from sales engagement through post-deployment validation
- Work directly in the product codebase — submit PRs, test, and ship customer-specific solutions
- Build reusable patterns and playbooks to reduce effort for subsequent engagements
- Feed structured signals back to Product by translating customer pain into actionable product feedback
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of experience with a track record of owning customer-facing technical engagements end-to-end
- Demonstrated ability to architect reusable solutions and mentor other engineers
- Comfortable operating autonomously across 4–6 concurrent customer engagements
- Hands-on experience shipping software in customer-facing contexts
Technologies
TypeScript · React · Python · Node.js · AWS · SDKs · APIs · data pipelines · event schemas
About Amplitude
AI analytics platform that lets product, data, and marketing teams analyze user behavior, run experiments, and personalize digital experiences from one suite.
Public · 1000–2000 people
Source and classification
Implementation & delivery · Evidence for this classification:
solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive. About The Role & Team Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, and our ability to deliver measurable customer outcomes quickly is a key part of how we keep that lead. The Customer FDE (Forward Deployed Engineering) team sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer success — owning the technical delivery that takes validated products from co-development and implements them across enterprise customers. As a Customer Forward Deployed Engineer, you will own end-to-end technical delivery for enterprise customer implementations, from sales engagement through post-deployment validation. You'll work directly in Amplitude's product codebase,
More from the job description
Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, and Square—build better products and digital experiences. With powerful AI Agents embedded across our platform, teams can analyze, test, and optimize user experiences faster than ever. Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2’s Winter 2026 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at amplitude.com. As an organization, we deliver for our customers by living our values. We operate from a place of humility, take ownership of problems and successes, approach challenges with a growth mindset, and put our customers at the center of everything we do. Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive. About The Role & Team Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, and our ability to deliver measurable customer outcomes quickly is a key part of how we keep that lead. The Customer FDE (Forward Deployed Engineering) team sits at the intersection of engineering, pr [... source excerpt omitted ...] uccess — owning the technical delivery that takes validated products from co-development and implements them across enterprise customers. As a Customer Forward Deployed Engineer, you will own end-to-end technical delivery for enterprise customer implementations, from sales engagement through post-deployment validation. You'll work directly in Amplitude's product codebase, submitting PRs, shipping customer-specific solutions, and building reusable patterns that make every successive engagement faster. This is not a traditional support or solutions role. Customer FDEs are engineers first who partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, Product, and Engineering to turn customer ne [... source excerpt omitted ...] ight person thrives in ambiguity, learns new domains quickly, and cares as much about the customer's outcome as about technical elegance. As a Customer Forward Deployed Engineer, you will: Own enterprise implementations end-to-end — engage during sales to map customer needs to capabilities, scope implementation plans, and deliver through post-deployment validation with measurable customer outcomes Work directly in the product codebase — submit PRs, test, and ship customer-specific solutions without requiring constant oversight; over time, the gap between "what we built" and "what the customer needs" keeps shrinking because you're the one closing it Ship early, ship often, and
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