Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

About Manifold Manifold is the AI platform for life sciences, accelerating life-changing medicines to patients. Our products speed up workflows in areas from target identification and clinical development to market access and precision medicine in the clinic, while maintaining the governance life sciences requires. Global companies and premier research institutions use Manifold to operate faster and more effectively. Backed by leading investors including Reach Capital, TQ Ventures, Calibrate Ventures, SilverArc Capital, and Industry Ventures, Manifold serves tens of thousands of users across hundreds of organizations globally. About the role Manifold is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDEs) to work at the intersection of AI, data infrastructure, and life sciences. In this high-impact role, you will embed directly with leading research institutions, biopharma companies, and life sciences organizations to drive adoption, implementation, and expansion of Manifold's AI platform. As an FDE, you’ll work closely with both Product and GTM teams, combining technical expertise with customer-facing skills to build innovative solutions that accelerate complex scientific workflows. We expect our FDEs to operate autonomously, thrive under ambiguity, and represent Manifold at the highest level in customer environments. Working at the intersection of AI and life sciences, you'll not on [... source excerpt omitted ...] rving as a technical bridge between existing Terra workflows and Manifold's new infrastructure Scope and architect end-to-end solutions leveraging Manifold's AI platform to solve customers’ most pressing problems Drive rapid time-to-value by ensuring fast onboarding, successful pilots, and clear paths to platform adoption Develop and deliver technical artifacts purpose-built for customers: Data pipelines, agent configuration, process automation, and domain-specific tooling Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, data, and application layers Identify repeatable patterns, playbooks, and tooling that accelerate future deployments Collaborate with the core platform t [... source excerpt omitted ...] t roadmaps Stay current regarding AI industry advancements and life sciences infrastructure What You’ll Bring A full-stack generalist with 5+ years of experience in a technical customer-facing role who thrives in ambiguity and is energized by working directly with life science researchers Comfort navigating complex technical environments, including cloud infrastructure, data warehouses, APIs, and diverse data formats common in life sciences and healthcare Hands-on experience building and deploying data pipelines, custom integrations, and AI-powered applications, ideally in complex enterprise or research environments Able to collaborate with diverse stakeholders, from bench