Hiring: Forward Deployed Engineer Company: Runtime Location: Dallas, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 18:04:37 Employment Type: Contract / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Chai, Clean Architecture, HBase, Python, SaaS, Scrum About the job Required Skills: •This is a highly customer-facing role that bridges deep technical problem solving with exceptional customer leadership. You'll work directly with enterprise customers to scope complex deployments, translate business and operational problems into technical requirements, and lead cross-functional scrums through successful delivery. You'll need enough technical depth to understand systems, code, and architecture, while being just as comfortable leading conversations with senior stakeholders and aligning multiple teams around a solution. •What you'll do: •Partner with customers before contract signature to define milestones, scope, and statements of work •Break down the solution across digital and physical components and determine what's required for successful deployment •Lead a customer scrum after signature, coordinating software engineering, operations/project delivery, field/hardware, and data specialists •Own the overall customer engagement, keeping delivery aligned with the agreed specification and SOW •Translate customer requirements into clear technical problems, features, and workstreams for engineering teams •Troubleshoot complex issues spanning software, hardware, data, wireless/RF behavior, and real-world operating environments •Communicate progress, risks, trade-offs, and technical concepts clearly to both technical teams and executive stakeholders •Work across multiple enterprise customers, potentially leading multiple scrums depending on engagement complexity •Partner with pre-sales teams when required, including involvement in proofs of concept •Travel to customer sites across the US when projects require hands-on support •What you'll bring: •Strong experience in a genuinely client-facing technical role •Technical foundations in software engineering, systems, solution architecture, technical product management, or a comparable discipline Compensation: •$180,000 •$220,000 •$180,000 - $220,000 •$70 Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!