84.51˚

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (P4570)

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6 days ago
Chicago, IL, USA or Cincinnati, OH, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$125k - $207k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate best practices for software delivery using agentic coding tools.
  • Document and present learnings from embedded work and experiments to the AI Enablement organization.
  • Track adoption and usage of agentic coding tools using Datadog, Dynatrace, or related observability tools.
  • Identify gaps between platform offerings and user adoption or workflow needs and translate them into platform improvements.
  • Monitor and maintain internal plugin marketplaces and related offerings.
  • Meet SLAs and lead incident management procedures.
  • Collaborate with technology, infrastructure, platform, security, and product teams.
  • Participate in the team on-call rotation and provide customer support during business hours.
  • Provide technical leadership while producing hands-on software.

Requirements

  • Four-year degree in a technology-related discipline or equivalent work experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience producing high-quality software on Agile development teams, with Python and Java preferred.
  • At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies, with Azure preferred.
  • At least 3 years of experience in platform engineering, developer experience, or related roles.
  • Demonstrable enterprise experience with coding agent harnesses and related tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor.
  • Familiarity with LLMs, agents, and the Model Context Protocol.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, technical writing, documentation, or functional research skills.
  • Preferred experience developing AI-powered features or applications.
  • Preferred experience developing CI/CD workflows or comparable automation for code safety and reliability.
  • Preferred experience with infrastructure-as-code systems such as Terraform or Spacelift, Kubernetes, and Helm.
  • Ability to manage competing responsibilities and adapt to changing priorities.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with wellness and mental-health support.
  • 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution.
  • Health Savings Account with matching contribution when enrolled in a qualifying medical plan.
  • AD&D and supplemental insurance options.
  • Five weeks of vacation, seven health and wellness days, three floating holidays, and six company-paid holidays annually.
  • Paid maternity, paternity, and family-care leave.
  • Five-day in-office work schedule.

Categories

Forward Deployed
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About 84.51˚

1,001-5,000 employees

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliated partners create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase. Powered by cutting edge science, we leverage first-party retail data from nearly 1 of 2 US households and 2BN+ transactions to fuel a more customer-centric journey utilizing 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.

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