$220,000–$280,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
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Pay not postedNew York, NYOn-site
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for taking consumer-goods operations customers from discovery and systems integration through configuration, testing, and go-live.
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Posted base pay
Not posted
Median $190K
Typical senior FDE payMiddle 50% of 1,491 postings$160K–$222KThe work
Builds what the customer runs
Balance
- Mostly building
- Mixed
- Mostly pre-sales or support
Project stages
- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept (not covered)
- Implementation
- Operations (not covered)
- Coding
- Configuration only
- Builds for
- External customers
- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Individual contributor
What they ask for
Experience
Background
Tools
Visa
Less common in FDE jobs
- Coding work: Configuration only13%
- On-site36%
- Individual contributor or manager: Individual contributor45%
Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.
The job description from Clera
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About the Role
Join an early-stage team building AI-powered software for consumer goods operations. As a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work directly with customer operations teams to implement the platform, connect it to existing systems, and turn complex workflows into practical product capabilities. Your work will help customers move from initial onboarding to reliable day-to-day use.
What You'll Do
- Own customer onboarding from discovery and integration through configuration, testing, and go-live.
- Work with operators to map purchase-order-to-cash workflows, understand their requirements, and configure solutions to fit their operations.
- Build and troubleshoot integrations with EDI, ERP, inventory, accounting, and freight systems.
- Translate operational requirements into clear data models, configurations, and product capabilities.
- Share customer insights with the engineering team and help shape product improvements.
What We're Looking For
- At least 3 years of experience in forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, implementation engineering, technical onboarding, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
- Hands-on experience building and troubleshooting integrations across EDI, ERP, inventory, accounting, and freight systems.
- Comfort working with APIs, data models, SQL, and integration debugging, with the ability to read and write code when needed.
- Experience owning onboarding through discovery, integration, configuration, testing, and go-live, and translating operational workflows into technical solutions.
- CPG, supply chain, logistics, or ERP experience is valuable, along with strong systems thinking, curiosity, and comfort working through ambiguity.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: $0 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in New York, United States.
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