DigiCert

Forward Deployed Engineer

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2 days ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$155k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Embed with business users to understand workflows, data, and systems and identify high-return AI opportunities.
  • Own technical architecture and lead build-versus-buy decisions and vendor evaluations.
  • Write, test, deploy, and support production integrations, agents, and workflows using retrieval, tool use, and human review.
  • Improve AI reliability by identifying failure cases and determining where human control is required.
  • Partner with IT, Security, and Engineering on model access, identity, permissions, data connectivity, observability, and evaluation.
  • Create reusable components and measure business outcomes such as hours saved, cost avoided, and cycle-time reduction.
  • Train operators and power users so deployed systems continue running and improving.

Requirements

  • 4+ years building, shipping, and supporting production software.
  • 2+ years building LLM systems in production, including agents, retrieval, tool calling such as MCP, and context engineering.
  • Strong coding ability in Python or TypeScript/JavaScript, including writing, testing, reviewing, and deploying code.
  • Fluency with APIs, webhooks, data pipelines, authentication, OAuth, SSO, and role-based access.
  • Daily experience using coding agents and validating their output.
  • Ability to work directly with nontechnical users and translate unfamiliar, messy business processes into working software.
  • Judgment in security- and compliance-sensitive environments, including appropriate handling of restricted data.
  • Clear written and spoken communication, including the ability to make a technical and business case to executives.
  • Preferred experience in forward-deployed engineering, product management, early-stage engineering, or enterprise platform integrations.
  • Preferred experience with Salesforce, Microsoft 365, NetSuite, Jira, Databricks, SOX, FedRAMP, security, or PKI environments.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement savings programs with company matching, including 401(k) or RRSP.
  • Generous paid time off, holidays, and vacation.
  • Paid parental leave, family support, life, and disability coverage.
  • Flexible spending and health savings options where applicable.
  • Health and wellness support, including gym reimbursement and wellness programs.
  • Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential support.
  • Education assistance, professional development, LinkedIn Learning, and continuous learning resources.
  • Employee referral bonus program, employee discounts, and additional company perks.
  • Motivosity internal rewards and recognition platform.
  • Business travel insurance and global employee support programs.

Tech Stack

Categories

Forward Deployed
DigiCert

About DigiCert

1,001-5,000 employees

DigiCert is a public certificate authority and digital trust vendor that sells TLS/SSL certificates, managed PKI, device and code-signing certificates, and the DigiCert ONE certificate lifecycle management platform to enterprises and public-sector customers. Its tools secure websites, software, identities, and connected devices across cloud and on‑prem environments. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Lehi, Utah, the company is privately held under Thoma Bravo.

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