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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer ($150K + Equity)

Full-time🇯🇵 Tokyo

The Forward Deployed Engineer embeds with enterprise clients and solves their hardest problems directly in code.

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Job Title
Forward Deployed Engineer

Salary
$150K + Equity

Location
Tokyo, Japan

Company Description
Palantir built the playbook; OpenAI and Anthropic are now copying it. The Forward Deployed Engineer is the hottest role in Silicon Valley right now — the engineer who embeds with enterprise clients and solves their hardest problems directly in code.

This company hit a $2B valuation in just 13 months and raised $286M in total funding. Its B2B agentic-AI platform is already deployed across enterprises in 30+ countries. We're hiring the FDE who will open the Japan market from the front line.

What You'll Do

  • Diagnose enterprise clients' toughest operational problems and translate them into clear technical KPIs.
  • Turn ambiguous requirements into robust engineering designs and execution plans.
  • Build and integrate production AI agents directly on top of clients' legacy infrastructure.
  • Own the full lifecycle — from problem definition to launch and optimization.
  • Drive live-environment reliability, latency, and performance.

Who You Are

  • 3+ years of hands-on software engineering — you prove it by building, not talking.
  • Strong track record in technical problem-solving, from coding to architecture.
  • A business translator who can scope solutions with sales and product teams.
  • High-agency: you set direction and drive decisions through ambiguity.
  • Excellent English plus fluency in Japanese to lead technical and business discussions with multinational clients.
  • Bonus: you've thrived in a fast-moving startup where speed and ownership matter more than titles.

Perks & Benefits

  • Global Top-tier compensation plus a next-gen founding-member equity package.
  • Global stage: Japan-based, with regular exchange with the European global HQ and a global team.
  • Flexible remote work and world-class wellness benefits.
  • A rare scale-up experience: opening enterprise AI at the frontier, from the front line.