CoLab Software
Forward Deployed Engineer
About this role
CoLab seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic customers and deliver complex technical projects that integrate enterprise systems with the CoLab AI platform. You'll own end-to-end delivery of customer initiatives—from discovery through deployment—while collaborating across internal teams and managing ambiguity in fast-paced, high-impact environments.
What you'll do
- Own delivery of strategic customer projects from technical discovery through production deployment
- Build and deploy complex system integrations, backend services, and data pipelines
- Interface with enterprise systems including PLM, ERP, data lakes, and identity management solutions
- Collaborate directly with customers to understand needs, propose solutions, and guide adoption
- Develop targeted solutions while ensuring broader applicability across the customer base
- Share customer insights and requirements with the internal development team
What they're looking for
- Production-grade coding across multiple programming languages
- Enterprise systems integration (PLM, ERP, data lakes, IdP)
- Complex problem-solving with ambiguous requirements
- Technical leadership and communication with customer engineering teams
- Data pipeline and backend service development
- API integration and system architecture
- Project scoping and scope management
- Adaptability in unfamiliar technical and organizational environments
Benefits
- Competitive base salary with performance-based commission and stock options
- Extended health benefits
- Unlimited vacation
- RRSP/401k matching
- Remote work flexibility (North America, Eastern time zone preferred)
- Work on high-impact, technically complex projects with enterprise customers
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CoLab Software
CoLab Software builds an AI platform designed to integrate with enterprise systems, helping organizations deploy complex technical solutions. The company is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers who embed with customers to own end-to-end project delivery, from discovery through implementation.
- Website
- colabsoftware.com
Likely interview questions
- Tell us about a time you delivered a complex technical solution when requirements weren't clearly defined. How did you break down the ambiguity and manage scope?
- Describe your experience working with enterprise systems like PLM, ERP, data lakes, or identity management. What was most challenging about integrating with them?