Forward Deployed Engineer

Arbol is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to turn loosely defined problems into structured product requirements and working software. The role builds internal tools and data workflows, integrates models and data sources, and develops reliable production systems.

Responsibilities:

• Embed with internal teams and partners to scope messy, loosely defined problems and turn them into structured PRDs and working software
• Build and maintain internal tools, including pricing and decision engines, data apps, and AI-powered workflows
• Write the SQL and Python behind analyses, dashboards, and monitoring that leadership uses to make decisions
• Integrate third-party models, APIs, and data sources into our systems, and handle the mapping, transformation, and validation they need
• Prototype quickly in notebooks and scripts, then harden what works into reliable, tested production systems

Requirements:

• Experience working with the product lifestyle, from PRD creation to implementation
• Solid engineering skills in Python
• Strong understanding of data systems: SQL, schemas, indexing, partitioning, and performance tradeoffs
• Comfort with statistical concepts relevant to model evaluation, or experience interpreting metrics and distributions
• Familiarity with pipeline tooling (Airflow/Dagster/Prefect), queues (Kafka/SQS/PubSub), and common data formats (Parquet/JSON)
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), containers, CI/CD, and basic DevOps hygiene