Forward Deployed Engineer

The FDE role is more than just execution, you are also our eyes and ears in the field. You'll see the gap between what a Customer thinks they want, and what they actually need. That insight is invaluable, and you'll feed it directly back to our Product and Engineering teams, shaping the Roboflow platform and solution offerings. The best FDEs don't just deploy solutions; they surface the problems worth solving next.

What you'll do:

• 0-to-1 Deployment: Take validated proof-of-concepts from the pre-sales process and build the first production deployment. This includes data pipeline setup, model optimization, edge device configuration, and integration with customer infrastructure.
• Edge-First Engineering: Deploy and operate computer vision systems on edge hardware in physical environments. Where conditions are unpredictable and connectivity is unreliable. This is hands-on, hardware-heavy work.
• Embed with Customers: Work on-site or deeply embedded with the customer’s engineering team during the initial deployment phase (typically 4–12 weeks per engagement). Build trust, transfer knowledge, and establish the foundation for long-term success.
• Production Engineering: Write production-grade code that will live in the customer’s environment. Handle the messy realities of real-world computer vision: lighting variability, camera calibration, model drift, network latency, and edge hardware constraints.
• Be Our Eyes and Ears in the Field: You'll be closer to the customer's real problems than anyone else at Roboflow. You'll surface the gap between what the customer says they want, what they actually need, and what the machine operators on the floor think. That feedback loop back to Product and Engine
• Knowledge Transfer & Handoff: Document your deployment architecture, create runbooks, and train the customer’s team so they can operate the system independently. Provide a clean handoff to Roboflow’s Implementation Engineers for scaling and expansion.

Full details and application on the official Roboflow careers page.