Forward Deployed Engineer

This is a role that TechTree is recruiting for on behalf of one of our clients. TechTree is an AI-driven recruitment platform working with high-growth companies.

When you apply, our AI Agent matches you not just to this role , but to other relevant opportunities across our network, so one application can unlock multiple roles. Forward Deployed Engineer — Own AI security deployments end to end at industrial and critical infrastructure sites. Zurich, on-site. We're a founding team building the intelligent software that powers physical security in the real world — enabling robots and sensors to handle dangerous and critical tasks that humans shouldn't have to. We're based in Zurich, backed by visionary investors and advisors.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you own customer deployments end to end — on-prem at industrial facilities, critical infrastructure, and military sites — integrated with the cameras, networks, and robots already in place. You're also the technical face of the company on site.

What You'll Own → Deployments end-to-end — site surveys, hardware planning, installation, integration, commissioning, and handover

→ On-prem infrastructure on edge hardware (NVIDIA DGX Spark, Jetson Thor class devices) inside customer networks, often air-gapped

→ Integrations — connecting cameras, sensors, VMS platforms, and robots, writing glue code where none exists

→ System tuning — calibrating detection and tracking to each site's conditions

→ Customer trust — training operators, fast response, being the engineer customers ask for by name

What We're Looking For → 3+ years of software engineering experience, strong Python and solid Linux fundamentals

→ High EQ — you've worked directly with end users, uncovered real needs, and navigated stakeholders from frontline to leadership

→ Experience deploying software on-prem or at the edge (Docker required)

→ Fluent German and good English

→ Based in or willing to relocate to Zurich, with willingness to travel regularly across Switzerland and Europe

→ Citizenship of Switzerland, an EU/EFTA, or NATO member state

Competitive equity/salary package.

What is TechTree? TechTree combines AI agents with a human support team to give candidates a better, more transparent hiring experience.

Our AI Agent gets to know your background, experience, and what you're optimising for. It continuously matches you to live roles across our network where there's genuine alignment, not just keyword overlap. Our Human Team is there to support you through the process — answering questions, adding context, and making sure you're never left guessing or ghosted.

We only post real jobs. Every role on TechTree is a live, active hire.