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# Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer, Commercial Operations

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Datasite posts a senior FDE role to build for teams inside the company in New York, NY and 1 more, at $118,800–$207,200 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Embed with Sales stakeholders to identify and validate high-impact workflow opportunities. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026.

- [Datasite](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/datasite)

First seen Oct 24, 2026 · open on Workday as of Nov 8, 2026

**$118,800–$207,200** New York, NY +1 Hybrid, 3 days a week in office Full-time

Embed with Sales stakeholders to identify and validate high-impact workflow opportunities.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

$119K–$207K Below the median

Midpoint $163K · median $190K

This job $119K to $207K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K.

### The work

Builds for teams inside the company

Balance **Mostly building**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales (not covered)
2. Proof of concept (not covered)
3. Implementation
4. Operations

- **Coding**: Writes production code

- **Builds for**: Internal teams

- **Level**: Senior

- **Role**: Individual contributor

### What they ask for

Experience

- **5+ years** Hands-on experience in software engineering, technical consulting, solutions engineering, software implementation, or related technical roles

Background

- **Software engineering**
- **Solutions and customer engineering**
- **Implementation and data engineering**
- **Consulting**

Visa

- **No visa sponsorship**

### Do you meet what the posting states?

The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have?

The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now?

The job is in New York, NY · Minneapolis, MN. Could you work in one of these?

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## Conditions

- **Location**: New York, NY · Minneapolis, MN

- **Work arrangement**: Hybrid, 3 days a week in office

- **Remote work restrictions**: Hybrid; 3 days per week in office in NYC or Minneapolis.

- **Employment type**: Full-time

- **Visa sponsorship**: Not available

- **Pay**:

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## The job description from Datasite

### About us

Datasite is the essential infrastructure for M&A. Also comprising Grata, Blueflame AI, and Sherpany, we help dealbreakers find opportunities, manage transactions, and make key decisions.

Whatever your talents, you can find a place for them here. Get involved in some of the biggest business ventures today. Work with other gifted people around the world. Follow your ambitions, or discover a whole new path.

Can you help us simplify the complex, create great experiences, and deliver better outcomes? Then let's talk.

### Job Description

Datasite is seeking a full-time **Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Commercial Operations** to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of AI-enabled tools, automations, and technical solutions across our **Global Sales organization, i**ncluding Revenue Enablement and Revenue Operations.

As part of Datasite's Transformation Office, this role will be dedicated to supporting the Sales organization, working directly with commercial stakeholders to understand their workflows, identifying high-impact opportunities, and building practical, scalable solutions that improve seller effectiveness, productivity, and business outcomes.

The FDE will collaborate closely with Transformation Business Analysts, program management, and technical partners to translate high-value commercial opportunities into scalable, production-ready solutions.

This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and business. Success requires the ability to move quickly from ambiguous business challenges to working solutions, balancing speed, quality, scalability, and measurable impact.

We are open to hiring this position in NYC or Minneapolis. This is a hybrid position with 3 days per week in office.

### Key responsibilities

- Embed within the global Sales organization, developing a deep understanding of commercial workflows and partnering with stakeholders and the Transformation Office to evaluate opportunities, validate technical feasibility, and define practical technical solutions.

- Design, build, integrate, test, and deploy production-ready AI applications, agents, automations, and workflow solutions, owning technical delivery from prototyping through deployment and iteration with an emphasis on speed to market, scalability, and measurable business impact.

- Develop reusable engineering patterns, components, and delivery practices that accelerate future deployments, prioritizing rapid value realization over unnecessary technical complexity while balancing speed, quality, and scalability.

- Partner with relevant technology, data, security, and governance teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements for reliability, security, supportability, and global deployment.

- Partner with commercial stakeholders and enablement teams to drive solution adoption through intuitive user experiences, training, documentation, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement informed by user feedback.

- Collaborate with Transformation Business Analysts and commercial stakeholders to measure solution performance, adoption, and business impact against established objectives, while communicating technical progress, risks, and opportunities for continued improvement.

### Experience and ways of working

- 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, technical consulting, solutions engineering, software implementation, or related technical roles, with demonstrated success building and deploying production-ready software, automations, AI-enabled products, or enterprise solutions.

- Strong ability to work directly with non-technical stakeholders, understand their workflows, and convert business needs into practical technical solutions.

- Commercial curiosity and the ability to develop a strong understandig of sales, enablement, and revenue operations processes.

- Experience taking solutions from prototype to production, including technical design, integration, testing, documentation, release management, and post-launch support.

- Comfort working across product, engineering, data, security, and operational teams in a fast-moving environment.

- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to understand business objectives, measure solution performance and outcomes, and communicate value clearly.

- A collaborative, iterative mindset: build with users, learn quickly, and scale what demonstrably works.

### Measures of success

### Success will be measured through

- Demonstrable ROI through increased sales and revenue growth, enabled by greater selling capacity, improved productivity, time savings, and cost avoidance.

- Adoption, active usage, and sustained engagement with deployed solutions.

- Reduction in manual effort, process cycle time, rework, or avoidable errors.

- Improvements in seller productivity, process quality, and commercial or operational outcomes where attributable.

- Speed and quality of delivery from validated opportunity to production deployment.

- A growing, well-governed portfolio of globally reusable solutions with clear ownership, documentation, and performance reporting.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time

The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position based on a good faith assessment of the role and market data at the time of posting. Consistent with applicable law, each candidate’s compensation offer may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, your geographic region, skills, qualifications, and experience along with the requirements of the position. This position may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or overtime if applicable. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), a retirement savings plan, paid time off, and other employee benefits. Specific details will be provided during the interview process. Datasite reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

$118,800.00 - $207,200.00

Our company is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce where all individuals are respected and valued. We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are dedicated to building teams that reflect the diversity of our communities.

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## About Datasite

Datasite provides secure software for M&A deal preparation, diligence, execution, private-company discovery, and board decision workflows.

Late-stage private · 2000–5000 people

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