Forward Deployed Engineer

geniant, LLC • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Company geniant is at the forefront of AI innovation, building cutting-edge platforms that empower our clients to leverage the full potential of artificial intelligence. Join a dynamic team where your contributions directly shape the future of AI. We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to use AI to design, develop, and deploy client solutions.
The Role As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at geniant, you will sit at the intersection of software engineering, product strategy, and client relations. Unlike traditional back-office roles, you will be "on the front lines," embedded with our clients to solve their most complex technical challenges. You aren't just writing code in a vacuum; you are an architect of outcomes. You will translate ambiguous business problems into robust technical architectures and then build them.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in a client-facing or consulting capacity.
• 4+ years of experience with generative LLM’s including code generation and media (i.e. Claude, Gemini, Codex, or agentic/generative frameworks such as ComfyUI, LangChain)
• Full-stack proficiency in at least 2+ backend languages (e.g., .Net, Node, Java) and familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue).
• Strong understanding of APIs, integrations, and data flows
• Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Pandas).
• Comfort with AWS, Azure, or GCP, and containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes.
• "Product-minded" engineer who cares more about solving the user's problem than the purity of the stack.
• Ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Able to champion the product and communicate clearly with the client at all levels.
• Savvy enough to adapt communication to the audience.
• Face to face communication and interpersonal skills are important.
• Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions that go beyond existing solutions resulting in a broad, positive impact for our clients.
• Ability to operate independently in complex environments.
• Experience designing technical architectures or integrations.
• Familiarity with Python, JavaScript, or scripting for integrations and automation.
• Experience working with enterprise customers and production deployments.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong portfolio of side projects.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• If you love doing a deep-dive into a new codebase one week and presenting a strategy to an executive the next, you’ll thrive here.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy production-ready code (primarily in Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, etc.) that integrates our solutions with client infrastructure.
• Lead technical discovery sessions to understand client pain points and map them to scalable system designs.
• Act as the technical bridge between our clients and our internal teams, providing feedback loops that influence our recommended solutions.
• Build MVPs and Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to demonstrate value quickly in high-stakes environments.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of a project, from initial data ingestion and ETL pipelines to front-end dashboarding and user training.
• Partner with Design Technologists to collaborate on user experience design.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed