Forward Deployed Engineer
UJET
- Ottawa, Canada
- Mid Level
- Posted
Join UJET as a Forward Deployed Engineer, a highly technical, customer-facing role that involves deep technical involvement in customer programs. You will work closely with internal teams and the broader FDE team to turn customer requirements into production-ready solutions. This role requires strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills, experience with REST APIs, and the ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations.
Responsibilities
- Assurer la mise en œuvre technique des solutions en collaborant avec les équipes internes et les clients.
- Configurer, tester et valider des solutions spécifiques aux clients en utilisant les produits et services UJET.
- Identifier et résoudre les problèmes techniques, les blocages et les dépendances tout au long du cycle de vie de la mise en œuvre.
Requirements
- The ideal candidate may not be a full-time software engineer, but should be comfortable opening code, understanding what it does, modifying a script, calling an API, analyzing logs, troubleshooting an integration, testing a virtual agent, or helping build and validate an AI-powered customer experience
- Success in this role requires someone who is technically curious, comfortable operating in ambiguity, and willing to take ownership of difficult technical problems through resolution
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience working with REST APIs, HTTP, JSON, webhooks, authentication, request and response payloads, and API integrations
- Ability to work effectively in situations where the technical solution or troubleshooting path is not immediately obvious
- Experience translating customer requirements into technical implementation activities
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers, partners, engineers, architects, administrators, and business stakeholders
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple technical priorities and customer engagements simultaneously
- 3+ years of experience in a technical customer-facing role such as Technical Implementation, Professional Services, Solution Engineering, Integration Engineering, Deployment Engineering, Technical Support, Solution Architecture, Technical Consulting, or Software Development
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate effectively across Forward Deployed Engineering, Product, Engineering, Support, Professional Services, and other customer-facing organizations
- Ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated experience working with complex enterprise software deployments, implementations, or integrations
Demonstrated ownership of technical problems through resolution
- Working knowledge of Python, JavaScript, and HTML, with the ability to read, understand, troubleshoot, and modify lightweight code
- Ability to review implementation code and identify common logic, configuration, API, or integration issues
- Experience testing and troubleshooting API endpoints and integrated software systems
- Ability to read and interpret application, platform, API, and integration logs
- Experience with Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), customer experience platforms, or enterprise contact center technologies
- Experience with conversational AI, generative AI, large language models, or AI-powered customer experiences
- Experience designing or implementing virtual agents, chatbots, voice bots, or automated customer-service workflows
- Experience with prompt engineering, AI response validation, or LLM testing
- Experience with webhooks and event-driven integration patterns
- Experience using API testing tools
- Experience with observability, application logging, monitoring, or diagnostic platforms
- Familiarity with Git or other version-control systems
Experience working in SaaS or cloud-native software environments
- Experience working in Professional Services, Implementation Services, Solution Engineering, or Forward Deployed Engineering organizations
- Experience creating technical proofs of concept, implementation examples, reusable integration patterns, or customer-specific technical solutions
- Experience collaborating with Product Management and Product Engineering to identify product gaps or escalate confirmed defects
- Understanding of software development lifecycle concepts, including development, test, staging, and production environments
- Familiarity with authentication, authorization, configuration management, and basic application security practices
- Experience working with enterprise customers in technically complex or high-touch environments
Preferred
- Experience with CRM, contact center, telephony, or enterprise application integrations
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and cloud-based development environments
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