diligentcorporation
Technical Pre-Sales Prototyper / Forward Deployment Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- New York, United States
- Posted
- 2026-03-17T05:56:13-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
- SaaS
Requirements
technical hacking and prototyping ability
— shown proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
Can independently build functional, semi-deployable solutions across modern stacks (Python/Node, APIs, data pipelines, cloud environments, front-end frameworks, etc.).
AI/LLM-based tools, APIs, and modern developer ecosystems
customer-facing skills
: discovery, prospecting, business development, and partnership alignment.
Compensation & Benefits
Shape the earliest moments of our customer and partner relationships.
Have direct influence on
product strategy
by bringing back unfiltered customer insights.
Work on cutting-edge technologies while
owning high-visibility projects
Responsibilities
hack together end-to-end prototypes
at speed while also standing confidently in front of a customer’s executive team.
This role sits at the intersection of
engineering, product, and business development
You will be one of the first technical faces customers meet, building semi-deployable prototypes, testing product-market fit in the wild, and representing us in high-stakes conversations with senior stakeholders.
If you’re an entrepreneurial engineer who thrives in ambiguity, loves building quickly, and wants to see the immediate impact of your work with customers, this role is for you.
About the Company
executive-level meetings
(SVP/C-level), confidently articulating both technical and business value.
Act as a
forward-deployed engineer
— embedded in customer/partner environments, surfacing insights, validating opportunities, and feeding learnings back into the product roadmap.
Collaborate cross-functionally with