Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) – Supporting Engineer

Mountain View, CA – Hybrid (3 days per week)

6+ month contract

Persistent Systems

About the Role

As the FDE Supporting Engineer, you are the second chair on engagements – deep hands-on execution behind the FDE Lead. You're not customer-facing yet; your value is in the build: turning the Lead's architecture and commitments into working software across the stack, with real depth and real verification. This is a strong seat for engineers who want to grow toward an FDE Lead role over time.

What You'll Do

• Own the actual build: deep, genuine hands-on execution across the stack – frontend (React / Angular), BFF / GraphQL, backend APIs, cloud, and CI/CD.
• Deliver specific stack and microflow work assigned by the FDE Lead, with strong attention to verification and quality.
• Run AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows hands-on – ship agents and automations, and work comfortably directly against LLM APIs.
• Contribute to architecture and design discussions without owning the target-state decision – support and execute against the Lead's direction.
• Own your slice of delivery under the Lead's direction, and stay realistic about constraints and dependencies.
• Work professionally and clearly in internal working sessions.