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Lead Engineer ( Forward Deployed Engineer ) Santa Clara, CA

Eightfold AI · Santa Clara, CA, US · On-site

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About Eightfold AI

Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and SoftBank VF.

About the role

Own end-to-end design and implementation of complex, cross-cutting features spanning multiple services or product areas. Drive architectural decisions focused on reliability, performance, extensibility, and maintainability. Partner closely with Product Management, Platform Engineering, and Applied AI teams to deliver solutions aligned with customer outcomes. 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production systems at scale.

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Own end-to-end design and implementation of complex, cross-cutting features spanning multiple services or product areas. Drive architectural decisions focused on reliability, performance, extensibility, and maintainability. Partner closely with Product Management, Platform Engineering, and Applied AI teams to deliver solutions aligned with customer outcomes. 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production systems at scale. Strong backend engineering experience (e.g., Java, Python, Scala, or similar) with distributed systems. Proven experience handling enterprise customer escalations and complex production issues. Deep understanding of system design, APIs, data pipelines, and service-oriented or microservices architectures. Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments with competing customer and platform priorities. Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams. Hands-on experience building frontend applications with React, Angular, and related UI frameworks Strong communication skills. Experience in Customer Engineering and/or Solutions Engineering, within a SaaS company....

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