Forward Deployed Engineer – Staff

Broadcom

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer modernizing Broadcom enterprise Kubernetes, data, and AI infrastructure. Embedding with clients to migrate platforms, deploy VKS clusters, and accelerate product improvements.

Posted 9/4/2026full-timeRemote • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110,800 - $177,300 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting, deploying, and maintaining production-grade VKS clusters and cloud-native Kubernetes environments, with a strong focus on optimizing performance and addressing customer needs. Proven ability to lead complex engineering projects and translate technical requirements into actionable product features.

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Kubernetes ExpertiseGPU-Accelerated ComputingCloud-Native ArchitectureCustomer Technical LeadershipFull-Lifecycle Engagement

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Hard Skills

KubernetesGPU-Accelerated NodesTerraformHelmApache SparkApache FlinkRayVLLMTriton Inference ServerMilvus

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipCustomer EngagementProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

VMware Cloud FoundationOpenShiftEKSGKEAKSRancherArgo WorkflowsCluster APIFluxPgvector

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure SoftwareCloud-Native DeploymentsDistributed AI FrameworksData ProcessingMigration Strategies

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowApacheCassandraCloudElasticSearchFluxHadoopKubernetesOpenShiftRaySparkTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as an embedded engineering liaison across the Infrastructure Software Division
Identify migration blockers and platform usability gaps, rapidly building and testing field fixes
Own customer engagements from pre-migration discovery through go-live and operational stabilization
Write production code, build manifests, debug live networking, storage, and GPU failures, and optimize VKS performance in production environments
Translate field-tested code, architectural patterns, and customer pain points into prioritized platform features
Architect, deploy, and maintain production-grade VKS clusters across VMware Cloud Foundation and hybrid cloud infrastructure
Lead migrations from enterprise, bare-metal, and legacy platforms to VKS or cloud-native Kubernetes
Deploy, tune, and scale AI inferencing, RAG, vector search, and model-serving workloads on Kubernetes using virtualized GPUs
Containerize, refactor, and migrate stateful engines, message brokers, distributed caches, and analytics platforms onto Kubernetes
Architect cloud-native deployments for modern data processing, orchestration, and distributed AI frameworks
Guide clients operating VKS alongside OpenShift, EKS, GKE, AKS, or Rancher distributions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree preferred
Relevant years of experience in lieu of a degree may be considered
12+ years related experience required
Deep alignment with product engineering workflows and experience within or alongside core software/R&D divisions
Proven full-lifecycle engagement experience with customer technical leadership and developers on complex engineering projects
Ability to translate customer requirements and field workarounds into product specifications and feature requests
Hands-on experience with GPU-accelerated Kubernetes nodes, vLLM, TGI, Triton Inference Server, Milvus, Qdrant, Pgvector, Ray, and KubeRay
Experience containerizing and operating distributed caching, in-memory grids, risk calculation platforms, Hadoop, messaging, and streaming systems
Deep knowledge of Ray, vLLM, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Dask, Apache Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, Argo Workflows, Trino/Presto, Cassandra/ScyllaDB, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Milvus, and Qdrant
Technical depth across OpenShift, EKS, GKE, AKS, or Rancher RKE/RKS
Advanced skills in Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes Operators, Cluster API, ArgoCD, and Flux

Benefits

Comp & perks

Discretionary annual bonus
Competitive new hire equity grant
Annual equity awards
Medical, dental and vision plans
401(K) participation including company matching
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Company paid holidays
Paid sick leave and vacation time
Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence in accordance with applicable laws