Forward Deployed Engineer

Zendesk
France
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Troubleshooting","Collaboration","Strategic partnership","Documentation"]

Work with strategic enterprise customers to design, build, and deliver production-grade AI and LLM-powered solutions within Zendesk’s Technical Presales team. Lead end-to-end delivery from discovery and scoping through PoC, production rollout, and operational handoff. Build integrations and connectors (APIs, data pipelines, RAG, vector stores), troubleshoot complex blockers, and translate customer learnings into product feedback and roadmap priorities.

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Zendesk
Zendesk
1 month ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Work with strategic enterprise customers to design, build, and deliver production-grade AI and LLM-powered solutions within Zendesk’s Technical Presales team. Lead end-to-end delivery from discovery and scoping through PoC, production rollout, and operational handoff. Build integrations and connectors (APIs, data pipelines, RAG, vector stores), troubleshoot complex blockers, and translate customer learnings into product feedback and roadmap priorities.
Location: France
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead end-to-end delivery of AI agent and LLM-powered solutions (discovery, scoping, system design, PoC, rollout, operational handoff).
  • •Build production-grade integrations and custom connectors (APIs, data pipelines, RAG systems) to feed high-quality signals into Zendesk AI workflows.
  • •Troubleshoot and resolve escalated technical blockers across data, infrastructure, and model behavior as the field’s final line of defense.
  • •Collaborate with sales engineering and product teams to map undocumented systems, define integration patterns, and implement solutions.
  • •Translate customer learnings into product feedback and prioritized roadmap items to reduce future deployment friction.
Travel: High travel

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years delivering production software systems with strong engineering fundamentals and quality focus.
  • •Fluency in French and English.
  • •Full-stack experience including React/TypeScript, backend (Python, Node, Java, Ruby, or Go), and REST/GraphQL APIs.
  • •Hands-on production experience deploying/integrating LLM solutions, including RAG, vector databases, and model evaluation/guardrails.
  • •Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience:5+ yearsEnterprise AISaaSLLMRAGCustomer-facing presales
Skills:CommunicationTroubleshootingCollaborationStrategic partnershipDocumentation
Languages:FrenchEnglish
Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptPythonNodeJavaRubyGoRESTGraphQLAWSGCPAzureDockerKubernetesAPIsData pipelinesRAGVector storesLLMsPrompt engineering

Company Brief

Zendesk
Provides cloud-based customer service and engagement software, including help desk, ticketing, chat, and CRM tools that enable businesses to manage customer support, self-service, and omnichannel communication at scale.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2007
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