Forward Deployed Engineer

HackerRank

Forward Deployed Engineer at HackerRank serving as primary technical presence in customer engagements. Leading pilots and demos, supporting successful adoption with deep customer engagement and technical execution.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $160,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonRuby

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead customer-facing engagements, including discovery, pilots, and demos, acting as the primary technical voice in front of prospects and customers.
Partner onsite with customers, engineers, recruiters, and business leaders to uncover developer needs, listen with empathy, and shape practical, goal-driven solutions.
Keep customer projects on track through disciplined execution and proactive updates.
Use the right tools, including AI when useful, to deliver faster, more reliable outcomes that strengthen HackerRank’s customer experience.
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to elevate the voice of the customer.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A customer-facing technical lead with enough full-stack depth to configure, debug, and explain web applications, integrations, and generate API scripts as needed (Ruby or Python)
Confident leading conversations onsite with prospects and enterprise customers while gathering requirements, shaping technical approaches, and delivering results that drive measurable impact.
A clear communicator who can go deep with engineers or simplify for non-technical crowds.
A strong operator who plans, executes, and follows through, keeping projects organized.
You lead with empathy, energy, and a problem-solver’s mindset.
Experience as a software, solutions, or sales engineer working with HR tech, ATS platforms, IDEs, developer tools, API-first or integration-heavy systems.
A track record of seeing projects through from scoping to delivery, balancing customer needs with technical tradeoffs.

Benefits

Comp & perks

base salary range for this role is $160,000–$185,000
target 10% annual bonus tied to individual and company performance
equity (stock options)
comprehensive package of cash and non-cash benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack developmentRubyPythonweb applicationsAPI scriptsdebuggingintegrations

Soft Skills

customer-facingclear communicationempathyproblem-solvingproject organizationleadershipcollaboration