Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at OfferZen

📋 Description

• Partner with customers to understand operational challenges and success criteria
• Translate open-ended problems into clear technical designs and implementations
• Build AI agents that integrate with customer systems and perform real tasks
• Own deployments, including reliability, performance, and continuous improvement
• Test with real data, measure outcomes, and iterate based on results
• Collaborate with Product & Engineering to ship high-quality solutions

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or technical problem-solving roles
• Strong fundamentals in software design and system thinking
• Experience working across systems, integrations, and data flows
• Comfort working directly with customers and owning ambiguous problems
• Clear communication skills and a strong ownership mindset
• Curiosity and interest in building AI-powered systems that work in practice

🎁 Benefits

• Compensation targeting 95th–99th percentile of local market rates
• Pay in ZAR with option to anchor salary value to USD converted at spot rate monthly