Forward Deployed Engineer

HackerRank Careers • New York, NY

7h • $160,000 - $185,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work onsite with our customers, serving as the primary technical presence in customer engagements, leading pilots, demos, and supporting customer evaluation and successful adoption. This role blends deep customer engagement with technical execution.

Requirements

• A customer-facing technical lead with enough full-stack depth to configure, debug, and explain web applications, integrations, and generate API scripts as needed (Ruby or Python).
• Confident leading conversations onsite with prospects and enterprise customers while gathering requirements, shaping technical approaches, and delivering results that drive measurable impact.
• A clear communicator who can go deep with engineers or simplify for non-technical crowds.
• A strong operator who plans, executes, and follows through, keeping projects organized.
• You lead with empathy, energy, and a problem-solver’s mindset.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a software, solutions, or sales engineer working with HR tech, ATS platforms, IDEs, developer tools, API-first or integration-heavy systems.
• A track record of seeing projects through from scoping to delivery, balancing customer needs with technical tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing engagements, including discovery, pilots, and demos, acting as the primary technical voice in front of prospects and customers.
• Partner onsite with customers, engineers, recruiters, and business leaders to uncover developer needs, listen with empathy, and shape practical, goal-driven solutions.
• Keep customer projects on track through disciplined execution and proactive updates.
• Use the right tools, including AI when useful, to deliver faster, more reliable outcomes that strengthen HackerRank’s customer experience.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to elevate the voice of the customer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees