Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer

IT Labs • New York, NY

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About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer to join a highly innovative deep-tech environment, working on complex engineering challenges at the intersection of software and AI. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role where you will work across the full stack to understand customer problems, rapidly prototype solutions, and build production-ready applications that deliver real value.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience delivering applications to production.
• Strong experience with Python, backend development, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Experience with FastAPI or similar Python frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
• Experience working with AWS
• Ability to take ownership of complex problems and drive solutions end-to-end.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence working directly with customers.

Nice To Haves

• Background in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Aerospace, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with scientific computing, machine learning, simulation, or physics-based applications.
• Experience in a customer-facing, solutions engineering, consulting, or forward-deployed role.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to understand their engineering challenges and shape impactful software solutions.
• Build rapid prototypes, gather user feedback, and iterate toward production-ready applications.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs and microservices using Python and FastAPI.
• Work with data scientists and machine learning engineers to bring advanced physics models into customer-facing applications.
• Deploy and operate applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, AWS
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, designers, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Identify reusable components and contribute improvements to the core platform.

Benefits

• PTO provided

What This Job Offers

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