Forward Deployed Engineer

TL;DR

Forward Deployed Engineer: Building and deploying solutions using hirify.global’s platform, embedded within a strategic global customer’s engineering team with an accent on production code and technical architecture. Focus on influencing product direction and building long-term partnerships with world-class engineering teams.

Location: Seattle, WA. Maintain a regular on-site presence at customer locations.

Salary: $207,000 - $285,000 for Seattle Area based hires.

Company

hirify.global runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.

What you will do

• Serve as the dedicated, long-term technical partner within a strategic customer’s engineering organization.
• Design, build, and deploy production-ready code and configurations directly into customer infrastructure using the hirify.global platform.
• Own the account's technical success across the entire hirify.global portfolio and serve as the primary technical point of contact.
• Participate in customer engineering rituals, including daily standups, design reviews, and real-time incident response.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate the adoption of hirify.global services, unlocking new capabilities across the customer’s tech stack.
• Surface real-world edge cases and product gaps directly to hirify.global’s Product and Engineering teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of delivering production-grade systems.
• Experience owning mission-critical services with real-world users and understanding the gravity of on-call rotations and incident response.
• Currently in the IDE with a "ship-first" mentality, staying current with modern frameworks, languages, and deployment patterns.
• Broad technical fluency across the entire stack—from frontend performance and backend logic to database optimization and distributed infrastructure.
• Experience integrating AI-augmented workflows into the daily development cycle.
• Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Nice to have

• Direct experience building on hirify.global Workers, or the broader hirify.global Developer Platform.
• Previous experience at a fast-paced startup or in a customer-facing engineering role where you operated directly within a partner’s codebase.
• A visible public profile, including open-source contributions, technical blogging, or speaking engagements at industry conferences.

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.
• Medical/Rx Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance.
• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave.
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, Life & Accident Insurance.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Employee Stock Participation Plan.