Hiring: Forward Deployed Engineer I Company: Madison-Davis, LLC Location: Chicago, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 11:00:18 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, C#, CI/CD, Databricks, Embedded Systems, Event-Driven, GCP, GraphQL, Java, LLM, Python, REST, SQL, SaaS, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Snowflake, TypeScript, Webhooks, Workday, dbt About the job Experience: •5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a stakeholder-facing or embedded capacity (Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, Implementation Engineer, or technical consulting) Required Skills: •Embed with business units to translate ambiguous operational problems into scoped, buildable technical solutions •Design and build integrations, automations, and data flows across the corporate application stack (CRM, HCM, ITSM, ERP, and internal platforms) •Rapidly prototype, validate with users, and iterate toward production — often in days, not quarters •Build net-new internal products and tooling from zero, including data models, APIs, and lightweight front ends •Partner with core platform, security, and infrastructure teams to bring solutions through architecture review, security review, and production hardening •Own solutions end to end: build, deploy, instrument, monitor, and support •Document builds and transition ownership to permanent internal teams as solutions mature •Serve as the technical voice in the room with senior business leadership, including recommending when not to build Qualifications: •Applied AI/LLM development experience — retrieval pipelines, agent frameworks, evaluation harnesses •Operational familiarity with enterprise SaaS platforms and iPaaS tooling (Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato) •Modern data platform experience (Snowflake, Databricks, dbt) •Prior experience on a formally designated Forward Deployed or Deployed Engineering team •Direct line of sight from your code to business impact — no layers of translation •Greenfield function with input into how the team, standards, and delivery model are built •Broad technical surface area across integration, data, applied AI, and product development •Executive exposure from day one •Defined progression path to Level II as scope and ownership grow Compensation: •$155,000 - $185,000 / year 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!