About this role

Work directly with customers to design and implement solutions using WorkOS products
Own technical outcomes end-to-end: discovery, architecture, implementation, iteration, and handoff
Lead demos and proof-of-concepts
Identify blockers early, propose solutions, and drive momentum without waiting for instructions
Partner with Account Executives to support evaluations and expansions
Share structured feedback with Engineering and Product to improve the platform based on real-world usage

Strong engineering fundamentals and comfort building across APIs and web stacks
Pre-sales experience
Proven ability to communicate clearly with customers and internal teams
High agency: you proactively find problems and solve them (show us what you’ve built or led from 0→1)
Excited by fast-paced, startup environments and ambiguous problem spaces
Strong curiosity and adoption of modern tooling, including AI-assisted development workflows
Bonus: Experience in developer tools, integrations, customer engineering, or technical consulting

Forward Deployed Engineer – Pre-Sales

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