As the first Forward Deployed Engineer in our Boston office, you have a premier opportunity to spearhead technical leadership at a fast-paced startup. As one of two dedicated technical resources supporting a key enterprise client, you own the software, data infrastructure, integrations, and custom builds that turn agreed use cases into working, reliable systems—working closely with the client and collaborating with a dedicated Technical Implementation Consultant.
This is a high-impact, hybrid engineering role where you will serve as the founding technical presence in our Boston office. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you act as the vital bridge between complex client environments and our core engineering teams. You will work closely with major enterprise clients, traveling to their sites 4–5 times per year to gather context, run technical discovery, and align on system architecture. You remain a Protex employee throughout, building directly against client systems and scalable infrastructure rather than shipping generic product from a distance.
Ideally, you have strong data engineering and infrastructure skills alongside fullstack capability. As an FDE, you will cover the software build side of use case delivery, data integration development, robust pipeline architectures, hardware integrations, and rapid prototyping. You turn plans and success criteria set by your Technical Implementation Consultant counterpart into high-performant, reliable code, configurations, and data flows.
You will complete two weeks of intensive onboarding training in Dublin before starting, and will travel back to Ireland periodically as needed to stay close to the global product and engineering teams.