Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

FourKites, Inc.

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer building AI-powered integration solutions for FourKites' global supply chain operations. Collaborating directly with enterprise customers for technical discovery and implementation.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Java

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and deploy integration solutions — EDI (214, 315), callbacks, custom payload mapping, and API integrations — with production-grade quality and full test coverage
Deploy agentic AI workflows that orchestrate supply chain operations live with customers present — configuring and deploying in the call, not gathering requirements to build later
Write and extend LangGraph-based workflow extensions and wrapped action customizations in Agent Studio
Use Claude, OpenAI, and other LLMs across the entire workflow — requirements documentation, integration design, code generation, testing and deployment; LLMs are not a convenience tool, they are how this team works
Participate in customer discovery and technical clarification calls — answering complex technical and product questions with concrete, innovative solutions in real time
Write thorough root cause analyses for integration failures and own the fix through to resolution
Perform code reviews on integration and AI workflow work and maintain the team's quality standards before any customer deployment
Contribute to the team's reusable integration package and AI workflow template library as you build
Mentor incoming FDEs — pair on hard problems, accelerate their ramp-up, and share institutional knowledge
Collaborate with Implementation Managers, Customer Success Managers, Solutions Consultants, Product Managers, and Engineering to deliver seamless customer outcomes

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience — what matters more than tenure is the depth and quality of what you have built
Strong proficiency in Java (required) — writes clean, optimized, production-grade code with proper error handling, test coverage, and clear design thinking from day one
Strong foundations in data structures and algorithms — able to reason about time and space complexity, choose the right data structures for the problem, and write code that performs at scale without being told how
Strong software design instincts — designs integration solutions that are modular, maintainable, and built to evolve; doesn't just write code that works today, writes code that holds up over time
Writes code at speed without sacrificing quality — can take a customer requirement from problem statement to working, deployed solution faster than traditional development cycles allow; this is a core expectation, not a nice-to-have
Innovative problem solver — approaches integration and AI workflow challenges with genuine curiosity, finds non-obvious solutions, and doesn't default to the first approach that comes to mind
Proficient in REST APIs, HTTP/HTTPS, SFTP, and core data formats — XML, EDI, JSON, flat files — can read, write, and transform all of them
Working knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and how to apply them in distributed, multi-tenant systems
Solid working understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and agentic workflow design — hands-on, not theoretical
Uses Claude, OpenAI, or equivalent LLMs across the full workflow — requirements documentation, integration design, code generation, debugging, testing and deployment; not just as a coding assistant but as a core engineering tool
Familiar with agentic frameworks such as LangGraph or LangChain and has built or configured at least one AI workflow in production or a meaningful side project
Understands authentication patterns: OAuth 2.0, API keys, basic auth, token lifecycle management
Comfortable on customer calls — communicates technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Able to deploy agentic workflows live with customers present, handling configuration and troubleshooting in the moment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental & Vision benefits starting on first day of employment
401k Retirement savings with employer match
Bonus and incentive compensation as well as employee stock option program
Employer paid life insurance and short term disability insurance
Generous PTO, global recharge days, and volunteer days
Paid parental leave for all parents
Family planning and inclusive wellbeing resources
Technology reimbursement
Commuter benefits for in-office employees (Chicago)
Annual Wellness Stipend
Ongoing learning & development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Javadata structuresalgorithmsREST APIsHTTPHTTPSSFTPXMLEDIJSON

Soft Skills

innovative problem solvercustomer communicationmentoringcollaborationtechnical clarificationroot cause analysisquality assurancedesign thinkingcuriosityspeed in coding