Forward Deployed Engineer
CData Software
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Be the trusted technical advisor for enterprise clients, understanding their data integration challenges and business objectives
- Lead architectural design sessions and workshops to define an optimal data architecture and situate CData within an ecosystem of existing / competing approaches
- Provide strategic guidance on data integration best practices, governance, and scalability
- Collaborate with client’s technical leadership to explain how technical recommendations and decisions correlate to business impacts and priorities
- Present technical solutions and recommendations to C-level executives and technical stakeholders
- Design comprehensive data integration architectures using CData's connectivity platform
- Create detailed technical specifications, solution blueprints, and implementation roadmaps which are contextual to your customer current and future state
- Evaluate client environments and recommend appropriate CData product configurations for the current and future state architecture
- Collaborate with Solution Engineers to deliver compelling product presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and MVP launches
- Stay current with emerging data integration technologies and industry trends
- Lead complex technical discussions
- Collaborate with client engineering teams to influence their strategic vision for data platform investments / product development and roadmap
- Mentor junior team members and share architectural best practices across CData
- Present at conferences on data integration and the role of data in AI investments
- Ensure successful implementation (MVP) and subsequent end user adoption of CData solutions within client environments in collaboration with Customer Success Managers
- Identify expansion opportunities and drive technical wins that lead to account growth
- Identify areas of CData product development which will lead to account growth
- Support enablement of the sales team on new technology and trends
- Lead presentations at industry conferences / webinars regarding client successes
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise software
- Hands on technical experience with a combination of data integration, BI / analytics, ETL/ELT (medallion / lambda architecture), and data semantics / MDM
- Deep understanding of data connectivity protocols (ODBC, JDBC, REST, OData, GraphQL, MCP) and their relative advantages / behaviors
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and hybrid deployments
- Proficiency in SQL, data modeling (relational and NoSQL), and data services
- Knowledge of integration patterns and middleware technologies
- Proven track record managing complex technical relationships with enterprise clients
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, with ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Experience in consultative selling or technical advisory roles is a plus
- Strong project management skills to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously
- Understanding of data governance, compliance, and security by industry
- Familiarity with business intelligence, analytics, and data warehousing concepts
- Experience with popular data integration tools and platforms
- Knowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, etc.)
- Familiarity with industry specific data sources can be an advantage
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with company-paid insurance premiums
- Health Saving Account offering with company contribution to help mitigate increasing health costs
- Flexible Savings Account and Dependent Care FSA
- Generous 20-day PTO and 11 paid holidays
- 401k with 100% company match up to 6% of contribution
- A remote-friendly, high-trust culture that empowers collaboration, celebrates curiosity, and encourages innovation
- Work closely with your manager to define professional development and learning opportunities that match your career goals
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
data integrationBIanalyticsETLELTdata semanticsMDMSQLdata modelingdata services
Soft Skills
presentation skillscommunication skillsproject managementmentoringconsultative sellingtechnical advisorycollaborationstrategic visionleadershipinfluencing