SZNS Solutions

Forward Deployed Engineer

SZNS Solutions

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Reston • Virginia • United States

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Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPythonRustTypeScript

About the role

  • **Role Summary**We’re seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDE) that operates at the intersection of product engineering, sales engineering, and technical consulting. As a **builder, translator, and change agent**, you will embed directly with strategic enterprise and government partners to solve their most complex operational bottlenecks. We are not a traditional consulting firm; we are builders who believe that the best way to advise a customer is to show them working software.
  • **Key Responsibilities**
  • - **Rapidly Build and Deploy:** Embed with customer teams to design, build, and deploy new workflows or applications from first sketch to real-world impact
  • - **Agentic Workflows:** Design evaluation and feedback loops to verify AI performance and safety, ensuring reliable deployments. Perform **threat modeling and evaluation** to ensure robust guardrails and "Non-Human Identity" policies to ensure enterprise safety
  • - **Trusted Technical Advisor:** Be the principal technical interface to client leadership and stakeholders for accelerating deals and long-term strategic partnerships
  • - **Client Enablement:** As the resident expert, you’ll participate with client-side workshops, technical trainings, and hackathons
  • - **Always Improve:** Extract field insights and translate them into reusable patterns, accelerators, and playbooks that strengthen the core SZNS platform for future customers

Requirements

  • **Minimum Qualifications**
  • - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • - **5+ years of professional experience** in software engineering, cloud architecture, and deployments
  • - Strong cloud experience (GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • - Strong full-stack proficiency, particularly in **Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Java**
  • - Demonstrated experience building and shipping production-quality code in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
  • - Experience deploying Agentic workflows (e.g., ADK, Agents SDK) and agent orchestration
  • - Experience building evaluation frameworks for AI workflows and systems
  • - Familiarity and efficient use of AI-enabled tools (e.g., Gemini Code Assist, Claude Code, or Codex)
  • - Deep customer empathy, low ego, and exceptional communication skills to bridge the gap between complex engineering systems and business leaders
  • - Experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes/GKE)
  • - Active Google Cloud certifications, or willingness to obtain within one month of joining
  • - Obsession for impact in highly ambiguous environments and favors rapid action over perfect clarity
  • - US Citizen
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • - Experience in a software consulting or professional services capacity for strategic accounts
  • - Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments
  • - Prior customer-facing or technical pre-sales experience
  • - Prior experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes/GKE)
  • - Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, HIPAA, etc.) and security strategies
  • - A proven track record of mentorship and raising the technical bar for engineering teams
Benefits
  • - Competitive salary and benefits package
  • - Hybrid work environment (MWF in-person in our Reston office)
  • - A collaborative and innovative work environment
  • - Continuous learning and development opportunities
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonTypeScriptGoRustJavacloud architectureAgentic workflowsAI evaluation frameworkscontainerized environmentsproduction-quality code
Soft Skills
customer empathycommunication skillslow egotrusted technical advisorworkshop facilitationtechnical trainingmentorshiprapid actionproblem-solvingcollaboration
Certifications
Google Cloud certifications