Forward Deployed Engineer (m/f/d)

Forward Deployed Engineer (Mandarin Speaking) Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (On-site)

Employment Type: Contract

About The Opportunity Our client is a fast-growing technology company at the forefront of AI-powered platforms, digital transformation, and advanced software solutions. They are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to act as the technical bridge between customers and product engineering teams, ensuring successful deployment, integration, and adoption of cutting-edge technology solutions.

This is a highly customer-facing role suited to an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, building trusted client relationships, and delivering real-world technical outcomes. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with enterprise customers to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Design, deploy, configure, and support complex software platforms across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
• Build proof of concepts, pilot projects, and custom integrations to address customer needs.
• Act as the technical lead during customer engagements, workshops, demonstrations, and deployments.
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and leadership teams to influence product development based on customer feedback.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges across application, infrastructure, data, and integration layers.
• Develop scripts, APIs, automation tools, and custom functionality to support customer workflows.
• Deliver technical presentations and training sessions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support ongoing platform optimization, adoption, and customer success initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI, or a related technical discipline.

• 4+ years of experience in one or more of the following:

• Forward Deployed Engineering

• Solutions Engineering

• Solutions Architecture

• Technical Consulting

• Implementation Engineering

• AI Engineering

• Software Engineering

• Strong software development experience with Python and modern development frameworks.

• Experience working with APIs, microservices, system integrations, and cloud technologies.

• Proven ability to engage directly with customers and executive stakeholders.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities.

• Comfortable operating in complex and fast-moving environments.

Preferred Experience Candidates with experience in any of the following areas will be highly regarded:

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions
• Generative AI applications
• Smart City technologies
• Digital Twin platforms
• GIS and geospatial technologies
• IoT and connected infrastructure
• Enterprise software deployments
• Data platforms and analytics solutions

Forward Deployed Engineer in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates