{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9af2ee486e949ef0961e619e","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9af2ee486e949ef0961e619e","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9af2ee486e949ef0961e619e","title":"Forward Deployed Engineer","description":"Arkestro’s Predictive Procurement accelerates enterprise spend transformation, using AI and game theory to unlock trapped savings and reduce risk, enabling teams to influence significantly more spend. By combining AI with deep Negotiation Science, Supplier Science, and Process Science procurement teams can improve win-rates while strengthening supply chain agility.\nAs a fast-growing tech company, we’re looking for builders and innovators — people who thrive in the face of ambiguity and who have a selfless dedication to do whatever it takes to make Arkestro and our customers successful. We believe in egoless execution and we are looking for people who will work together to solve hard problems. If you're excited to help shape our future, contribute to our company culture, and help to drive our business forward there is a tremendous opportunity for you here at Arkestro! See Arkestro in action at arkestro.com . About This Role\nWe're looking for a backend engineer with customer-facing experience to pioneer our Forward Deployed Engineering function. You'll build integrations between our Rails application and Fortune 500 procurement systems, while also contributing to core product development when not engaged with customers. This person will own end-to-end technical implementations, architect custom integrations, and transform how the world's largest enterprises approach procurement through Arkestro's predictive technology.\nThis is a founding role in a new function at Arkestro. You'll define how we scale technical deployments to 50+ Fortune 500 customers, build the playbooks future FDEs will use, directly influence product strategy based on what you see in the field, and establish yourself as the technical partner for enterprise procurement transformation.\nResponsibilities\nOwn customer deployments end-to-end : Lead technical implementations from architecture design through production, serving as technical advisor and managing cross-functional teams to deliver on time\nBuild integrations at scale : Design and implement robust integrations between enterprise ERP systems and Arkestro's platform, handling complex procurement workflows and business logic\nDeliver customer-specific features : Rapidly prototype and ship functionality that addresses unique enterprise requirements while building reusable patterns\nPioneer our deployment methodology : Create the playbooks, tools, and frameworks that will scale our technical deployments from 5 to 50+ Fortune 500 customers\nDrive technical relationships : Serve as the primary technical point of contact, translating between business and technical stakeholders\nTechnologies and tools we use :\nBackend Systems : Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis\nData Platform : Snowflake, dbt, Prefect, Python\nFrontend : React, TypeScript\nCloud & DevOps : AWS, Kubernetes, Docker\nMonitoring & Operations : GitHub, DataDog, Jira, Confluence, Sentry, PagerDuty, Slack\nPreferred Qualifications\n5+ years in customer-facing technical roles (consulting, solutions engineering, or technical architecture)\n3+ years integrating enterprise systems via APIs, REST, SOAP, and other protocols\n5+ years building production backend services with Ruby on Rails\nStrong understanding of SQL databases and ORMs (especially ActiveRecord)\nExperience with enterprise ERP/procurement systems (SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, GEP, etc.)\nExcellent communication skills - able to translate between technical and business stakeholders\nTrack record of successful customer implementations\nComfort with ambiguity and rapidly changing requirements\nStrong project management skills with ability to juggle multiple customer implementations\nWilling to travel 25-35% during peak implementation periods\nBonus Qualifications\nExperience building production data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows\nExperience with Python for scripting and automation\nExperience with procurement or supply chain domains\nCloud platform experience (AWS preferred) including serverless architectures\nExperience with Kubernetes and container orchestration\nKnowledge of dimensional modeling and data warehouse design patterns\nPay Range $170,000 — $210,000 USD Arkestro is committed to providing our employees with a benefits package designed to give you the flexibility you need to ensure a healthy life/work balance. Arkestro offers our employees great benefits and perks, including, but not limited to:\nCompetitive salary and startup equity\nMedical, Dental, Vision insurance premiums covered up to 100% (employee only)\n401K discretionary matching\nUnlimited PTO\nA remote-first team with regular opportunities to get together in person for team building, design sprints, and customer visits\nAnnual budget of $1,000 for learning and professional development\nDiverse, inclusive, highly collaborative, and vibrant culture\nArkestro is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. 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