Associate Forward Deployed Engineer (aFDE)
Junior, hourly remote role supporting customer data operations: preparing and transferring datasets, executing and monitoring ingestion jobs, validating results, and communicating status or escalations. Core toolkit includes Python, SQL, APIs, and general data-workflow familiarity.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
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- Work setup
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- Seniority
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- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong ownership and attention to detail
- Technical aptitude and ability to learn new tools quickly
- Familiarity with Python, SQL, APIs, or data workflows
- Clear, concise written communication
- Ability to follow runbooks and recognize when something falls outside them
- Good judgment around customer data and production systems
- Reliability and availability for scoped, hourly work
Nice to have
- Experience working with large datasets or data pipelines
- Familiarity with cloud storage and data transfer workflows
- Experience with command-line tools, Git, or Linux environments
- Exposure to ETL, data ingestion, validation, or QA workflows
- Experience debugging technical issues using logs and monitoring tools
- Familiarity with common data formats such as JSON, CSV, or Parquet
- Experience in a startup, technical operations, implementation, or customer-facing engineering environment
Full description
Job Title: Associate Forward Deployed Engineer (aFDE)
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
Work Arrangement: Hourly, with expected weekly hours agreed upfront
The Role
We’re hiring junior engineers to help scale data ingestion and customer data workflows.
You’ll work alongside core FDEs to prepare and transfer data, troubleshoot issues, build scripts and automations, and keep customers informed. You’ll start with clearly scoped responsibilities and receive guidance as you take on more technical ownership.
The initial work will combine hands-on engineering with operational execution, with the opportunity to grow into a full FDE role over time.
What You’ll Do
- Help customers bring their data into the platform, from initial preparation through successful transfer and validation.
- Build and improve scripts, integrations, and automations that make data ingestion faster and more reliable.
- Investigate and resolve technical issues across APIs, data formats, and transfer workflows, with support from core FDEs.
- Monitor active workflows, identify gaps, and verify that customer data arrives complete and accurate.
- Work directly with customers and internal teams to communicate progress and move past blockers.
- Turn recurring issues into better tooling, documentation, and reusable workflows.
- Take on increasingly complex technical work as your experience and ownership grow.
What We’re Looking For
- Foundational programming skills, including the ability to write and debug basic scripts in Python or a similar language.
- Familiarity with APIs and comfort using command-line tools and Git.
- A methodical approach to troubleshooting and willingness to ask for help when needed.
- Strong ownership, reliability, and attention to detail.
- Clear written communication with customers and internal teams.
- Ability to follow runbooks, recognize their limitations, and suggest improvements.
- Sound judgment around sensitive data and production systems.
- Curiosity, initiative, and a desire to take on increasing engineering responsibility.
Nice to Have
- Experience with SQL, data pipelines, or large datasets.
- Familiarity with cloud storage and data-transfer workflows.
- Experience working in Linux environments.
- Familiarity with formats such as JSON, CSV, or Parquet.
- Experience using AI coding tools to build and debug, with careful review of their output.
- Experience in a startup or customer-facing technical role.