# Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Encord

- Company: Encord
- What the company does: Encord is the multimodal data layer for physical AI. Manage, curate, annotate, and align petabytes of data - from sensor streams to video to text. Trusted by 300+ AI teams including Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. Backed by Y Combinator and CRV.
- Company website: https://encord.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-05-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/encord/2eedc8eb-00c2-4cbe-862e-5e22960f0dbf
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/encord-forward-deployed-software-engineer/

## About the role

We're looking for an exceptional Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) to join our product engineering team. This is an engineering-first role: FDSEs are the technical owners who take the Encord platform into our most strategic and advanced customer environments, working directly with clients' engineering teams to identify problems and design, build, and ship the solutions that solve them.

## What they're looking for

- A strong software engineer with excellent system design instincts and a track record of shipping high-quality code, frequently and reliably
- An excellent problem-solver who can take an ambiguous customer situation, break it down, and design a technical solution from scratch
- A great communicator who is motivated by building customer relationships and solving customer problems
- Entrepreneurial and autonomous mind, energized by ambiguity and competing technical priorities, and able to manage client relationships and technical delivery without close supervision
- Ambitious and hardworking, with a track record of top-percentile performance in whatever environment you've been in, whether engineering, academia, business, or sport
- 3–8 years in a software engineering role, Python is a big plus

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