Forward Deployed Engineer | Tekkr FDE Network

Join the Tekkr FDE Network, where Europe's top Forward Deployed Engineers meet the top 1% of AI startups, like Parloa and Zauber.This isn't a job at a single company. You join a curated network that matches FDEs with Europe's best AI startups: startups that sell to enterprises and have real customer deployments in progress. Once you pass our assessments, you get a head start in the application process with our partner startups.Find out more about the Tekkr FDE Network: https://www.tekkr.io/fde-networkWhat you get as a memberA head start in the hiring process at our partner startups, which receive your assessment score and reviewer notesSupport on hiring process at top AI companiesAll of it is free for you. Startups pay a fee only when they hire.What FDEs do at our partner startupsOwn a deployment end to end, from scoping to go-liveRun discovery: gather requirements and turn business needs into technical requirementsWork directly with the customer's engineersWrite production code, build integrations with enterprise systems (CRM, ERP, ticketing, transport management, data systems) and design the solution architectureExplain technical topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including executivesFeed learnings from the field back into product, and build reusable patterns, tools and playbooks from individual deploymentsWhat we look forEngineering: you ship production-quality code fast, work with APIs, databases and cloud platforms, and debug production issues under time pressure. Typical languages: Python, TypeScript.Customer judgment: you turn a vague request into a scoped problem, and you know when to say noCommunication: you explain technical trade-offs clearly, in writing and liveOwnership: you have a track record of driving outcomes end to end, not just contributing, and you operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environmentsTrack record: outlier achievements, such as shipped products or top performance anywhereNice to haveHands-on experienc