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Madhive

Forward Deployed Engineer

AI summary of the role

Forward Deployed Engineer acting as the technical cornerstone for MadHive's most strategic enterprise clients, blending solution architecture, hands-on engineering, and executive client partnership.

What you’ll do

  • Lead technical discovery and whiteboard sessions to map client business objectives to end-to-end technical architectures
  • Analyze client legacy systems and data landscapes to embed MadHive's platform (DSP, Workflow) into their ecosystem
  • Serve as primary technical face for assigned clients, building relationships from AdOps to CTO level
  • Collaborate with Product & Core Engineering to translate recurring custom solutions into scalable platform features

What you’ll bring

  • 4+ years in client-facing technical role (Solutions Architecture, FDE, Technical Consulting, or Sales Engineering)
  • Advanced SQL mastery and data wrangler mindset with big data fluency up to petabyte scale
  • 3-5 years of adtech/programmatic experience with deep knowledge of the ecosystem
  • Deep understanding of enterprise systems integration, AdTech integrations, and complex data workflows

Technologies

SQL · DSP · SSP · AdTech · programmatic advertising · API · AI · martech · big data · Maverick AI

Source and classification

Implementation & delivery · Evidence for this classification:

technical cornerstone for our most strategic enterprise clients. Your role is to understand the client's deepest business challenges, architect scalable technical solutions using MadHive’s infrastructure, and build the trusted relationships required to guide them through complex digital transformations. While you are a capable solutions architect / coder who can integrate systems, you are equally a strategist and a trusted advisor. You thrive in ambiguous environments, possessing the executive presence to align client leadership and the technical chops to enable the Madhive technologies that accelerate time-to-value. You will report to the Senior Director of Client Solutions. This is a hybrid role, working 3 days a week at Madhive HQ in the Financial District of New York City with travel to other Madhive locations or clients approximately 25-50%. Core Responsibilities Enterprise
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