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Associate Forward Deployed Engineer

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Skill Required

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Key highlights

Full-time, remote position
Hourly compensation
Junior-level role
No prior startup/customer-facing experience required (listed as nice-to-have)
Work alongside experienced FDEs with clear processes and guidance

Role overview

We're hiring Associate Forward Deployed Engineers to support data ingestion and customer data operations. You'll work alongside FDEs to execute scoped technical workflows: preparing and transferring data, monitoring ingestion jobs, validating results, communicating status, and escalating issues. This is a junior, hourly role for engineers who are technical, reliable, and comfortable operating with clear processes and guidance.

Responsibilities

Size, prepare, and transfer customer datasets
Execute and monitor data ingestion workflows
Validate transfer results and identify discrepancies
Communicate status, blockers, and follow-ups with customers and internal teams
Maintain clear handoffs and operational documentation
Identify gaps or unexpected behavior and escalate when needed
Handle sensitive customer data with care

Requirements

Strong ownership and attention to detail
Technical aptitude and ability to learn new tools quickly
Familiarity with Python, SQL, APIs, or data workflows
Clear, concise written communication
Ability to follow runbooks and recognize when something falls outside them
Good judgment around customer data and production systems
Reliability and availability for scoped, hourly work

Nice to have

Experience working with large datasets or data pipelines
Familiarity with cloud storage and data transfer workflows
Experience with command-line tools, Git, or Linux environments
Exposure to ETL, data ingestion, validation, or QA workflows
Experience debugging technical issues using logs and monitoring tools
Familiarity with common data formats such as JSON, CSV, or Parquet
Experience in a startup, technical operations, implementation, or customer-facing engineering environment