# Forward-Deployed Customer Engineer (Enterprise) at Telmai

- Company: Telmai (YC S21)
- What the company does: Automated data observability and quality for Data Lake. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.telm.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: US / Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140 to $160/hr (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/telmai/jobs/ScUH8cF-forward-deployed-customer-engineer-enterprise
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/telmai-forward-deployed-customer-engineer-enterprise/

## About the role

This role is responsible for accelerating all three for large enterprise customers. You will be the technical owner who ensures Telmai is deployed, integrated, and delivering value fast.

## What they're looking for

- 4–6 years in a customer-facing engineering role (FDE, SA, CE, consulting engineer)
- Strong data architecture and pipeline fundamentals
- Hands-on cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with lakehouse/warehouse ecosystems
- Familiarity with data lakes, cloud storage, catalogs, or metadata systems
- Comfortable leading multi-stakeholder enterprise conversations

Tags: Sales