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Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.\n\nWe’re a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.\n\nCulture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI—explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.\n\nAbout the Role\nAs a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, you are the technical authority of the Forward Deployed AI Engineering team. You set the standard for solution quality, own and lead the AI & Data Science function, and ensure that what the team builds in customer accounts flows back into intelligence and tooling that TENEX operates at scale. You think in systems, build for reuse, and make everyone around you better.\n\nJob Responsibilities\n\nAll responsibilities of a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, operating at the highest level of technical complexity and strategic account engagement\n\nServe as the technical lead and quality standard for the Forward Deployed AI Engineering team — reviewing solutions, setting architectural patterns, and ensuring consistency and excellence across all engagements\n\nOwn and lead the AI & Data Science function — building cross-customer intelligence systems that may include vulnerability prioritization models, configuration baselines, threat intelligence pipelines, detection optimization tools, and other areas identified through active FDE customer engagements\n\nEnsure the feedback loop between FDE customer work and the AI & DS function is tight and continuous — no tickets, no handoffs, direct collaboration\n\nWork with SE&A to operationalize AI/DS-built tools — ensuring what the team builds is something SE&A engineers can run and customers can benefit from\n\nDefine the technical direction for how FDE-built solutions are documented, packaged, and made available across the broader platform\n\nMentor Senior and Forward Deployed Engineers — elevating the team's technical bar across AI, data, and security domains\n\nPartner with the Director on team strategy, hiring bar, and long-term capability development\n\nRepresent the FDE team's technical perspective in cross-functional conversations with Product, SE&A, and Rapid Deployment\n\nRequired Skills & Qualifications\nTechnical & Industry Expertise\n\n7+ years in technical roles with senior engineering or technical leadership experience\n\nExpert-level programming skills with experience designing data pipelines, ML systems, or AI applications\n\nDeep expertise across security operations, data science, and AI/ML domains\n\nExperience defining technical standards, architectural patterns, and quality benchmarks for engineering teams\n\nProven track record building cross-customer intelligence systems or reusable technical platforms\n\nStrong mentorship and knowledge-transfer skills\n\nExperience operating at the intersection of customer problem discovery and internal platform development\n\nSoft Skills\n\nStrong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a bias toward action\n\nExcellent customer-facing communication and collaboration abilities\n\nAbility to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance startup environment\n\nPassion for cybersecurity, automation, and continuous improvement\n\nEducation & Certifications\n\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)\n\nRelevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications, Google Cloud Professional, Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are a plus\n\nWhy Join Us?\n\nOpportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and next-generation security platforms\n\nCollaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations\n\nCompetitive salary and benefits package\n\nA culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and engineering\n\nBe part of building something new — TENEX's Forward Deployed Engineering organization is a greenfield opportunity to define how enterprise security is delivered at scale\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Tenex","rawCompany":"tenex","city":"Florida","state":"NY","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T03:22:09.547Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1299.05","title":"Information Security Engineers","slug":"information-security-engineers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541519","title":"Other Computer Related Services","slug":"other-computer-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Staff Forward Deployed Engineer","description":"Company Overview:\nTENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. 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