Head of Forward Deployed Engineering

Own senior relationships at key accounts, engaging primarily at the VP Engineering and Director level

Participate in architecture reviews, sprint planning, and technical decision-making alongside customer teams

Lead business reviews that translate technical delivery progress into measurable business outcomes

Support pre-sales efforts for new enterprise accounts by bringing delivery credibility to the conversation

Stay technically engaged — review code, contribute to integrations, and debug complex issues when the situation demands it

Build and maintain reusable delivery assets, integration patterns, and best practices across the team

Develop technical demos and POC frameworks that accelerate customer adoption of Blitzy's platform

Partner with Product, Sales, and executive leadership to define the growth strategy for the FDE function

Establish delivery frameworks and feedback loops that drive continuous improvement across engagements

Contribute field intelligence that shapes product prioritization and enterprise go-to-market strategy

Contribute to thought leadership, documentation, and reusable delivery IP

Proven experience leading teams in customer-facing, embedded, or professional services engineering environments

Proven experience standing up a delivery framework from scratch

10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a technical leadership capacity

Fluency across the modern enterprise technology stack: cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, CI/CD, and AI/ML integration

Demonstrated ability to manage delivery across multiple concurrent enterprise engagements

Strong communication skills — able to engage credibly from engineer to VP, adapting your style to the audience

Experience with IDEs - code-assistant tools within software development workflows

Experience at a high-growth startup or in a Forward Deployed Engineering, embedded consulting, or technical account management role

Background in AI/ML platforms, developer tooling, or enterprise software modernization

Track record of building and scaling small-to-mid-sized technical teams in outcome-driven environments

History of converting delivery excellence into account expansion and long-term partnerships

Technical thought leadership: open source contributions, conference talks, or published writing