Alguna

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

We captured this posting once, on 2026-08-05, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Alguna
Location
United States
Seniority
Not stated
Experience asked for
Not stated
Pay band
$80K – $125K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-07-16 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-08-05 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

solution shippingambiguity adaptabilitypragmatic trade-offsversatilityclear communicationefficiency obsessioncustomer collaborationforward-deployed solution developmentproduct feedbackproblem solvingimplementation managementpath creation

From the posting

You’re customer-obsessed: You want to live close to real users and real problems. You get energy from turning “this is painful” into “this is fixed.” You’re a builder who ships: You don’t just advise or prototype. You deliver working solutions that run in production. You thrive in ambiguity: Early-stage means unclear requirements, moving targets, and learning as we go. You can still make progress fast. You’re relentlessly pragmatic: You’ll make smart tradeoffs to get value out quickly, then iterate once we know what matters. You’re technical and versatile: You can jump across codebases, APIs, data, infra, and integrations. Whatever the bottleneck is, you go there. You communicate clearly: You can translate between customer context and engineering reality without losing nuance (or patience). …

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