Forward Deployed Engineer, CE (Evergreen)
AI summary of the role
Embed with strategic clients to solve high-stakes problems in financial crime, supply chain risk, and national security.
What you’ll do
- Deploy into client technical ecosystems, understand workflows, and ship production-grade Python and SQL code using Sayari APIs.
- Lead the entire technical lifecycle of strategic deployments from discovery to operationalization.
- Serve as primary technical authority for clients, leading workshops, debugging systems, and advising on platform use.
- Deconstruct ambiguous mission requirements into concrete technical solutions, including data pipelines and AI/ML prototypes.
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years in a client-facing technical role (FDE, Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, etc.).
- Strong proficiency in Python and its data manipulation ecosystem (Pandas).
- Deep fluency in writing and optimizing complex SQL queries.
- Hands-on experience consuming and integrating RESTful APIs.
Technologies
Python · Pandas · SQL · RESTful APIs · Snowflake · Databricks · AWS · GCP · Azure · Docker · Kubernetes · Airflow
About Sayari
Global corporate ownership and supply chain intelligence platform combining open data and AI to detect financial crime, sanctions risk, and counterparty exposure for financial institutions, governments, and enterprises.
Private Late · 200–500 people
Source and classification
Production engineering · Evidence for this classification:
proactive hiring post for future Forward Deployed Engineer, CE roles, allowing us to connect with amazing candidates like you before a specific seat opens up. This is not a traditional sales engineering role. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you are at the critical intersection of our code, our clients, and their most critical missions. You will be deployed to our most strategic partners, embedding within their environments to solve high-stakes problems that have no textbook answers. You own the "last mile" of our product's impact , ensuring our technology fundamentally transforms how our users confront challenges such as financial crime, supply chain disruption, and threats to national security. You are equal parts engineer, strategist, and operator. One day you might be architecting a data pipeline within a client's cloud environment ; the next, you'll be writing production
More from the job description
About Sayari: Sayari is the judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk. The Sayari Commercial World Model resolves 11.7B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions forming the ground truth of global commerce. A Judgment Ontology, encoding over a decade of investigative tradecraft, and Superconductor, an agentic orchestration platform, deliver AI that reasons like an expert analyst, shows its work, and traces every finding to its source. Trusted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, HM Revenue & Customs, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv. POSITION DESCRIPTION At Sayari, we’re always looking for great talent to join our team. This is a proactive hiring post for future Forward Deployed Engineer, CE roles, allowing us to connect with amazing candidates like you before a specific seat opens up. This is not a traditional sales engineering role. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you are at the critical intersection of our code, our clients, and their most critical missions. You will be deployed to our most strategic partners, embedding within their environments to solve high-stakes problems that have no textbook answers. You o [... source excerpt omitted ...] ime, supply chain disruption, and threats to national security. You are equal parts engineer, strategist, and operator. One day you might be architecting a data pipeline within a client's cloud environment ; the next, you'll be writing production Python to integrate our API into a proprietary analytics platform ; and by the end of the week, you could be briefing a C-level executive, intelligence analyst, or mission director on the outcomes your work has enabled. You thrive on ambiguity, operate with extreme ownership, and are relentless in your pursuit of delivering real-world value. You will act as a vital conduit between the front lines and our core engineering teams, turni [... source excerpt omitted ...] into our clients' technical ecosystems and work with key stakeholders to understand their unique workflows, technical environments, and mission challenges. Design, build, and ship production-grade code. You will write robust Python applications, advanced SQL, and leverage our APIs to solve bespoke challenges at the edge. Own the Outcome: Lead the entire technical lifecycle of our most strategic deployments, from initial discovery and architectural design to implementation and operationalization. You are responsible for ensuring our platform delivers tangible, mission-critical value. Be the Tip of the Spear: Serve as the primary technical authority for our clients. You'll lead dee
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