Forward Deployed Engineer

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud computing to serve the global AI economy. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work directly with customers and partners to design, prototype, and deploy integrations of Tavily’s API into real-world systems, playing a critical role in both pre-sales and post-deployment success.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with customers to understand their use cases and build custom integrations using Tavily’s API
• Participate in pre-sales efforts, including sales calls, technical discovery, and proof-of-concept scoping
• Design and implement prototypes, proofs of concept, and production-ready systems alongside client teams
• Monitor API usage patterns and recommend improvements to increase reliability, efficiency, and coverage
• Collaborate with internal teams to influence roadmap priorities based on customer needs and recurring technical challenges
• Build reusable technical content including documentation, reference architectures, internal tools, and templates to scale future deployments
• Represent Tavily in customer conversations, architecture reviews, post-deployment tracking, and partner-facing technical engagements

Requirements:

• 3+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in a customer-facing, consulting, or partner-focused role at a large company (e.g., Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer)
• Obsession with AI ecosystem - strong engineering skills and experience working with the modern agent stack
• Deep understanding of agent architectures, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLMs, context engineering
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working directly with technical stakeholders at enterprises and partners
• Fast learner, highly autonomous, and excited to work in a fast-paced startup environment
• Based in New York City, Austin, SF, or willing to relocate