Forward Deployed Engineer

Terrakotta AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work closely with customers and founders to deliver impactful product features. This role focuses on ensuring product adoption through seamless onboarding and a strong emphasis on user experience, while also blending engineering and product thinking.

Responsibilities:

• Ship end-to-end product features that directly impact user behavior and revenue
• Work directly with founders and customer executives to understand needs and drive adoption
• Own onboarding: design and refine first-time user experiences until they are seamless
• Obsess over UX—make complex workflows feel simple and intuitive
• Blend engineering and product thinking across frontend, backend, data, and performance
• Deploy into real customer environments and iterate based on live feedback
• Prototype quickly, test in production, and push code daily
• Act as a bridge between customer, product, and engineering