About the role
- Lead strategic Taktile deployments in production, owning technical delivery across multiple projects.
- Apply technical expertise, problem-solving skills and creativity to help organizations address real-world challenges.
- Effectively scope work, sequence delivery, and proactively remove blockers.
- Partner with Taktile’s product management team to turn customer needs into actionable product insights.
- Scale the forward deployed engineering function by creating reusable resources and best practices.
- Actively coach and mentor junior Forward Deployed Engineers.
Requirements
- 6+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.
- Strong technical background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
- Ability to write and review production-grade code using Python and SQL.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and decision-making ability under pressure.
- Strong relationship-building skills with technical and business stakeholders.
- Creative and proactive in delivering value.
- Collaborative with peers in product teams, engineers and GTM team.
- Humble and possess a growth mindset with a willingness to learn new skills and methodologies.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Work with colleagues that lift you up, challenge you, celebrate you and help you grow.
- Make an impact and meaningfully shape an early-stage company.
- Experience a truly flat hierarchy and communicate directly with founding team members.
- Learn from experienced mentors and achieve tremendous personal and professional growth.
- Receive a top-of-market equity and cash compensation package.
- Get access to a self-development budget you can use to e.g. attend conferences, buy books or take classes.
- Use the equipment of your choice including meaningful home office set-up.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonSQLREST APIsproduction-grade codetechnical deploymentengineeringsoftware engineeringdata scienceproblem-solvingdecision-making
Soft skills
relationship-buildingcreativityproactivitycollaborationhumilitygrowth mindsetcoachingmentoringcommunicationscope management