TENEX.AI

Forward Deployed Engineer

TENEX.AI
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5 months ago
Kansas City, MO, USA or Scottsdale, AZ, USAMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Embed within assigned customer accounts to understand their environments, workflows, and security challenges.
  • Follow the Discover, Ideate, Document, Build, and Ship engagement process from problem identification through working solution.
  • Build custom automations, integrations, AI-assisted workflows, data pipelines, and security tooling extensions.
  • Apply AI, data, and security expertise to solve problems that off-the-shelf tools cannot address.
  • Document solutions for review, refinement, and reuse across other customers.
  • Surface problem areas, data opportunities, and intelligence gaps to the AI and Data Science function.
  • Maintain strong relationships with customer technical stakeholders throughout engagements.
  • Manage multiple active customer accounts while maintaining high-quality output.
  • Escalate blockers and account risks to Director- or Staff-level engineers when appropriate.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience in software engineering, security engineering, or a technical customer-facing role.
  • Strong programming skills in Python or another general-purpose language such as Go or TypeScript.
  • Experience working directly with customers to solve complex technical problems.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML tooling, data pipelines, or data engineering concepts.
  • Knowledge of security operations, SIEM/SOAR, cloud security, or endpoint security.
  • Ability to rapidly prototype and ship working solutions in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
  • Strong technical documentation, problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications, Google Cloud Professional, Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunities to expand expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and engineering.
  • Greenfield opportunity to help define TENEX’s Forward Deployed Engineering organization and enterprise security delivery at scale.

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About TENEX.AI

51-200 employees

TENEX.AI provides an AI-driven Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service that combines automated threat detection with 24/7 U.S.-based analysts for enterprises. It sells MDR subscriptions and related cybersecurity services delivered through its AI SOC platform. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, the privately held company reached Series B financing by 2026.

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