Hiring: Founding Forward Deployed Engineer Company: Business Needs Inc. Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 13:53:08 Target Skills & Keywords : Data Pipeline, Data Warehouse, Databricks, Fivetran, HubSpot, SQL, Slack, Snowflake, Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •Owned end- to- end customer deployments in a technical role data access, schema mapping, stakeholder management, and proving value delivery •Shipped production data pipelines or systems independently wrote code, diagnosed issues, and deployed without hand- holding Required Skills: •Deep SQL and data warehouse fluency can navigate undocumented, legacy schemas and produce validated output independently •Actively uses AI coding tools (e. g. Claude, Cursor) and has built or customized their own agent- driven workflows •Must be based in or willing to relocate to New York City •2 - 5 years of experience as a forward deployed engineer or customer- facing software engineer •Archetype 1: FDE, customer engineer, or solutions engineer at a data/AI company (e. g. Palantir, Databricks, Snowflake, Fivetran). Archetype 2: Analytics engineer or data scientist who moved into customer- facing delivery. Archetype 3: Ex- consulting/PE/IB with a real CS background and engineering skills (e. g. BCG, Bain tech deployments) •Defends technical positions under customer pushback changes mind for evidence, not authority •High tolerance for detail- oriented, repetitive data verification work (80%+ of role is data wrangling) Qualifications: •BS in CS, Data Science, Statistics, or quantitative STEM field •Strong school pedigree OR a recognizable company name on resume at least one of the two •Applied data science literacy distributions, seasonality, validation design; can spot when a result is noise •Early- stage startup experience (seed Series B); Big Tech acceptable only if paired with startup or founder experience 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!