Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer
Kirkland, WA - USA
Job Summary
Deep Sync is the industry leader in deterministic identity and AI-powered data solutions. Leveraging our 35-year foundation of compiling direct mail-grade datasets Deep Sync develops data-first technologies that power marketing measurement AI and business intelligence for agencies and brands with our fully deterministic identity graph privacy-first audiences comprehensive data solutions and integrations with leading platforms and cloud providers.
Position Overview
The Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer will serve as a key technical and strategic leader within Deep Syncs Client Services and Go-To-Market organization. This individual will lead technical solution planning and execution across enterprise customer engagements while acting as a trusted advisor to clients prospects and strategic technology partners.
This role blends hands-on scoping technical execution customer engagement and solution architecture.. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise across data ecosystems identity resolution data collaboration AI-driven technologies cloud environments and enterprise integrations with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into meaningful business outcomes.
This leader will partner closely with Sales during pre-sales engagements support Customer Success throughout implementation and expansion efforts collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to solve complex customer challenges and help establish scalable processes and technical best practices across the organization.
Deep Sync operates with a startup mentality and a highly collaborative culture. We are seeking a leader who is equally comfortable operating as an individual contributor and as a team member someone who leads from the front remains close to the work and sets the standard for technical excellence customer engagement and execution.
The ideal candidate thrives in fast-moving high-growth environments and is comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Client Engagement
- Support enterprise customer implementations integrations and technical solution delivery
- Serve as a senior technical advisor to enterprise customers prospects and strategic partners
- Lead technical discovery sessions to assess customer infrastructure identity workflows data environments AI initiatives and integration requirements
- Design and present technical solution strategies implementation plans architecture recommendations and project roadmaps aligned to customer goals
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior technical stakeholders across enterprise organizations
- Support executive-level customer conversations by translating technical capabilities into business value and strategic outcomes
Solution Architecture & Technical Delivery
- Support and oversee Proof of Concept (POC) initiatives technical evaluations and implementation planning
- Guide solution architecture across cloud warehouse identity clean room AI and enterprise data ecosystems
- Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to align customer requirements with platform capabilities and future roadmap opportunities
- Support integrations involving APIs cloud platforms ETL pipelines identity resolution workflows data onboarding and warehouse environments
- Create and improve technical documentation implementation guides integration specifications architecture diagrams technical templates and operational playbooks
- Troubleshoot complex technical challenges and manage escalations in partnership with internal teams
Cross-Functional Partnership & Revenue Enablement
- Partner closely with Sales teams throughout the pre-sales process to support enterprise opportunities technical validation and solution positioning
- Collaborate with Customer Success to accelerate customer adoption expansion and long-term platform utilization
- Identify opportunities to expand customer usage and improve overall customer satisfaction and retention
- Assist with RFPs technical questionnaires security reviews and customer implementation discussions
- Collaborate with strategic cloud and technology partners to support joint customer initiatives and integrations
- Participate in customer meetings industry conferences and partner engagements as needed
Team Leadership & Operational Excellence
- Lead by example through hands-on participation in customer engagements technical discovery solution architecture escalations and implementation planning
- Establish scalable operational processes technical standards and best practices across the Solutions Engineering organization
- Drive a culture of curiosity accountability ownership collaboration and continuous improvement
- Support hiring onboarding training and professional development initiatives for other potential hires of Forward Deployed Engineers
- Identify technical and operational barriers impacting customer success and partner cross-functionally to drive solutions
- Advocate for strong data privacy security and operational excellence standards across all customer engagements
- Strong understanding of enterprise SaaS cloud technologies APIs data ecosystems and solution architecture
- Familiarity with identity resolution data onboarding data warehousing AI-driven data solutions or martech/adtech ecosystems preferred
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong presentation documentation and customer communication skills
- Experience supporting technical sales cycles enterprise implementations or customer-facing technical engagements
- Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and customer engagements simultaneously
- Demonstrated problem-solving mindset and ability to navigate ambiguity
- Ability to travel as needed for customer and partner meetings
Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Business or related field preferred
- 510 years of experience in Solutions Engineering Sales Engineering Technical Consulting Solution Architecture Technical Account Management or related customer-facing technical leadership roles
- Experience working within enterprise SaaS data identity AI cloud martech adtech or enterprise technology environments
- Proven experience supporting enterprise customers through complex technical sales cycles implementations and integrations
- Strong experience managing executive-level customer relationships and cross-functional stakeholder alignment
Location: Kirkland WA (In-Office 5 Days Per Week)
Compensation & Benefits:
- Base Salary: $190000-$220000 commensurate with experience
- On-Target Earnings (OTE): 33.33% MBO-based bonus
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) and Company Holidays
- Medical Dental Vision and HSA Benefits
- Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) with Employer Match
Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Deep Sync provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
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