Nexus Cognitive

Head of Forward Engineering

Nexus Cognitive

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

ApacheCloudKubernetesSpark

About the role

  • Build, lead, and grow the Forward Engineering organization across all four practice areas
  • Own customer technical success metrics: deployment time-to-value, solution delivery quality, and expansion revenue generated by the FE team
  • Define and standardize delivery methodologies, customer engagement models, and technical documentation standards
  • Serve as the executive technical sponsor for the largest and most complex enterprise deployments
  • Partner with Sales on pre-sales technical strategy and proposal development for strategic accounts
  • Drive the AI solutions practice as a differentiating revenue channel
  • Maintain a feedback loop to Engineering on deployment challenges, integration gaps, and product feature requests
  • Manage Forward Engineering budget, utilization, staffing, and professional services economics

Requirements

  • 10+ years technical experience with 4+ years leading customer-facing engineering teams in enterprise software or data platforms
  • Deep understanding of enterprise data platform architecture including data lakehouses, cloud platforms, and integration patterns
  • Experience navigating enterprise IT organizations: security reviews, architecture boards, procurement, and change management
  • Familiarity with Apache ecosystem (Spark, Trino, Iceberg, Ranger) and Kubernetes-based deployments
  • Strong executive presence and ability to represent NX1 technically at the C-suite level in enterprise customer organizations
  • Experience with professional services or solutions delivery P&L management
Benefits
  • A collaborative team culture built on curiosity and respect
  • Challenging work where your contributions clearly matter
  • A leadership team that invests in learning and development
  • The opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud, data, and AI innovation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise softwaredata platformsdata lakehousescloud platformsintegration patternsApache SparkApache TrinoApache IcebergApache RangerKubernetes
Soft Skills
leadershipcustomer engagementexecutive presencetechnical sponsorshipcommunicationstrategic thinkingcollaborationproblem-solvingfeedback managementbudget management