Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
Measurement Labs
We're looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of customers and technology. You're excited to work directly with customers, understand their deployments deeply, and build solutions that drive impact. You're high-agency, curious, and love building and tinkering. We care far more about your ability to ship working solutions and problem solve than years of experience or specific credentials.
You'll thrive here if you:
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Are energized working directly with customers and stakeholders across industries and roles
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Enjoy translating messy customer problems into working technical solutions
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Can context-switch rapidly between different customers, industries, and technical challenges
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Value shipping solutions that work in real environments over perfection
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Eager to grow technically and as a business leader
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Want to have the experience and responsibilities of being a founding team member
You're likely proficient in:
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Python and can pick up new languages/frameworks as needed
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Understanding ML/CV concepts well enough to apply and customise existing models
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Building integrations with customer systems, third-party APIs, and legacy infrastructure
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Data wrangling: transforming messy data into usable formats
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Cloud infrastructure and deploying solutions in various customer environments
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Applying vision models and LLMs to real-world data
Bonus:
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● Domain knowledge in utilities, energy infrastructure,industrials, robotics or physical science and engineering disciplines
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Experience in early-stage startups where you wore multiple hats
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Experience with human data operations
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Experience in consulting or other customer-facing technical roles
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Experience gathering requirements from customers and translating them into technical specs
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Frontend Experience