Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

Stena Center for Financial Technology

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer at Taktile empowering financial institutions with AI. Overseeing complex AI-driven deployments and mentoring junior engineers.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeBerlin • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in AI-driven deployments, with a strong technical background in Python, SQL, and REST API design. Capable of mentoring junior engineers while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-centric solutions.

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AI-Driven DeploymentsPython ProgrammingSQL ProficiencyREST API DesignCustomer-Facing Experience

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Hard Skills

Python ProgrammingSQL ProficiencyREST API DesignTechnical DeploymentProblem-SolvingData ScienceSoftware EngineeringMathematicsPhysicsEngineering Best Practices

Soft Skills

CollaborationCuriosityCustomer-Centric MindsetMentoringRelationship Building

Industry Keywords

AIForward Deployed EngineeringProduct ManagementStakeholder EngagementHybrid Work Model

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead complex AI-driven Taktile deployments in production.
Apply your technical expertise, problem-solving skills and creativity to help organizations address real-world challenges.
You effectively scope work, sequence delivery, and proactively remove blockers, while making thoughtful trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality to ensure successful and timely project delivery.
Partner with Taktile’s product management team to turn your understanding of customer needs into actionable product insights.
Develop reusable resources, best practices, and tools to share your expertise and help scale the forward deployed engineering function across the organization.
You actively coach and mentor junior Forward Deployed Engineers, supporting their development and success.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You bring 6+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.
You have strong technical background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
You write and review production-grade Python and SQL, and have strong command of REST API design and integrations.
You excel at breaking down complex problems and making quick, well-informed decisions even under pressure.
You build strong relationships with both technical and business stakeholders at all levels, driven by curiosity and a customer-centric mindset that helps you understand their needs and solve their challenges.
You're collaborative, curious, and low-ego- you work well across product, engineering, and GTM teams, and you bring a genuine desire to understand customers' businesses.
You are open to a hybrid work model and can work from our Berlin or London office at least three days per week.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.
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.