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Syncreon Consulting

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE Lead)

Pittsburgh, PA, US Senior Posted October 30, 2026

Role Description

Company Description

We provide Recruitment and Staffing services to many industries and domain through our innovative and customized solutions and passionate commitment to research. Ability to understand the hiring strategies, availability of talent and compensation benchmarking makes us proud hiring partner for various industries. We work as trusted business partners and always strive to deliver the most value and highest return on investment for our clients. We are highly trained business professionals with strong understanding of clients need. We work closely with the leading staffing trade associations, training, and research organizations to ensure we are knowledgeable of the latest industry trends and technologies.

Job Description Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience); advanced degree preferred.
  • 14+ years of software engineering and technical leadership experience, including ownership of production systems and large-scale delivery initiatives.
  • Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries is a plus.
  • Strong understanding of modern AI application patterns, including: + Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) + Semantic search + Agent-based systems
  • Hands-on experience building backend services, APIs, and scalable production systems.
  • Ability to operate across architecture, data, and platform layers.

Regards,

Mohammed Ilyas,

PH - 229-264-4024 or Text - 229-469-1455 or you can share the updated resume at Mohammed@vtekis. com

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About Forward Deployed Engineering

Forward Deployed Engineers are embedded directly with customers to build custom solutions, integrate products into existing infrastructure, and bridge the gap between product engineering and customer success. The role combines deep technical skills with the ability to operate in client environments and translate business requirements into working software.

Originally pioneered by Palantir, the FDE model has spread across AI, enterprise SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. FDEs write production code, architect integrations, train customer teams, and feed product insights back to the core engineering organization. At companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Databricks, FDE teams are treated as elite engineering units that can ship custom solutions in days rather than quarters.

Typical FDE stack: Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and increasingly LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks. Strong communication and the ability to context-switch between technical and business conversations are as important as coding ability.

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