Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Native Software Leader) — Remote (Montreal / Toronto)

Location: Remote — Montreal, QC or Toronto, ON (East Coast hours, ~30% travel)

Compensation: CA$130,000 – CA$170,000 + Competitive Equity

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with a globally recognized, $800M+ funded leader in AI-native retail and supply chain planning to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer for a newly formed, high-velocity business unit.

This role bridges the gap between deep systems engineering and strategic customer impact. You will operate with the speed, autonomy, and ownership of an early-stage startup—while backed by the stability, enterprise customer base, and technical resources of an established global category leader.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ship Production Code (~70% of your day): Architect, build, and deploy customer-specific integrations, robust data pipelines, and AI-driven workflows using Go, TypeScript, React, Python, and GCP.
• Own Enterprise Accounts End-to-End: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for 2–3 major North American retail and grocery accounts, partnering directly with stakeholders from store operations up to the VP level.
• Rapid Prototyping & Discovery: Lead technical workshops, gather requirements on the ground, and rapidly prototype AI-powered solutions directly alongside customers before hardening them for production.
• Drive Live Outcomes & SLAs: Take full ownership of KPI delivery, system performance, and SLAs across live customer environments integrated directly into enterprise ERP systems.
• On-Site Collaboration: Travel ~30% of the time to customer sites across the US and Canada for workshops, deployments, and strategic alignment.

What We’re Looking For

• 3–5+ years of experience in a customer-facing software engineering role (e.g., Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer with heavy coding, or Technical Consultant writing daily production code).
• Strong Software Engineering Fundamentals: Proven ability to write clean, maintainable production code daily—not just slide decks or high-level architecture.
• Modern Cloud & Data Stack Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Go or Python, TypeScript/React, SQL, and cloud infrastructure (preferably GCP).
• AI-Native Mindset: Comfortable leveraging AI coding and workflow tools daily, with practical exposure to AI/ML integrations.
• Product & Ownership Mentality: High organization and multitasking skills, able to balance multiple enterprise accounts while syncing closely with internal product, AI, and design teams.
• Work Authorization: Must be based in Montreal or Toronto with existing authorization to work in Canada (visa sponsorship is not available for this role).

Why Join?

• Zero Pure-Consulting Fluff: Spend the majority of your week actually building and shipping real software that solves complex supply chain problems at scale.
• Startup Velocity, Enterprise Safety: Shape a new business unit from the ground up with meaningful equity upside, backed by over $800M in institutional funding.
• Tangible Real-World Impact: See your code directly optimize inventory, availability, and operations for household-name retailers across North America.