Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI)
About The Position
Accrete is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to support the operational delivery of its AI products, primarily through US Government engagements. The role bridges data strategy and customer operations, helping turn customer needs and data into useful capabilities. The engineer works with a small, collaborative team of engineers, product managers, and other forward deployed engineers to clarify customer problems, understand data, shape product requirements, and identify opportunities for impact. The role also owns project health, including tracking progress, resolving obstacles, and ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to a high standard. The position involves working on site with customer analysts and operators, assessing and integrating relevant datasets, designing workflows, training users, responding to issues, and communicating findings to audiences ranging from frontline analysts to senior executives. The engineer also contributes field learnings to Accrete’s broader product offerings, prepares customer demos, and evaluates opportunities in new industries and geographies. The position is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and requires a current top secret or higher US security clearance, along with substantial customer-site work or travel.
Requirements
- Current US security clearance at the top secret level or above.
- Willingness to travel between 25% and 40% or work at a customer site 40–75% of the time, depending on team and location.
- Comfort with open-ended problems in unstructured, fast-moving environments without close supervision.
- Strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and ability to identify and quickly address inefficiencies.
- Clear, confident communication, including the ability to explain technical ideas to non-technical audiences.
- Meticulous attention to detail, including accurate records and consistent project-metric tracking.
- Adaptability, self-awareness, and willingness to learn, teach, lead, and follow as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with programming, scripting, or statistical tools such as Python, R, Matlab, or SQL.
- Experience with AI prompt engineering and agent building.
Responsibilities
- Work on site with customer analysts and operators to understand the questions they need to answer and the friction points slowing them down.
- Locate and evaluate relevant datasets, then partner with engineers to bring them into reliable, scalable pipelines.
- Design tailored workflows with customers for new groups of users.
- Run training and enablement sessions to support product fit and broad adoption.
- Share findings and recommendations with audiences ranging from frontline analysts to senior executives.
- Diagnose issues when problems surface and put practical fixes in place.
- Identify and clear bottlenecks, blockers, and friction so teammates can focus on their work.
- Build processes and tools that make better use of people, time, and resources.
- Work with Accrete colleagues to identify process gaps, scope initiatives, and deliver results on schedule, within budget, and to a high quality standard.
- Collaborate with engineering and design teams to bring field lessons into Accrete’s broader product offerings.
- Prepare and present demos for current and prospective customers.
- Evaluate opportunities in new industries and geographies as Accrete grows.
- Build skills, use shared team expertise, and act on feedback to continue growing.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- Professional learning opportunities and career advancement support.
- Catered lunches, snacks, and a fully stocked kitchen.
- Company-sponsored happy hours and social events.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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