Clera

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

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Responsibilities

  • Lead customer discovery covering data architecture, technical constraints, and business needs.
  • Scope and deliver proofs of value from technical validation through production commitments.
  • Run product demonstrations, address technical objections, and lead architecture discussions with senior stakeholders.
  • Develop reusable discovery frameworks, demo narratives, objection-handling approaches, and reference architectures.
  • Translate customer edge cases into actionable feedback for product and engineering teams.
  • Partner with machine learning and infrastructure teams to deliver customer deployments.
  • Navigate enterprise security reviews, procurement processes, and multi-stakeholder buying decisions.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of professional experience, including 2 to 3 years in a hands-on technical or data role.
  • Track record of converting technical proofs of value into production commitments in enterprise B2B software.
  • Strong knowledge of data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, data governance, and enterprise data architecture.
  • Working knowledge of production LLM and agentic systems, including their capabilities and limitations.
  • Experience leading technical discovery, demonstrations, and end-to-end proofs of concept with enterprise stakeholders.
  • Python or SQL skills sufficient to prototype with customers.
  • Experience with knowledge graphs, semantic layers, ontologies, or entity resolution is a plus.
  • Experience in regulated or air-gapped environments, data or AI infrastructure, or an early-stage company is valuable.
  • Ability to travel regularly to customer sites across the UK and Europe.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is not available.
  • Hybrid role based in New York.
  • Regular travel to customer sites across the UK and Europe is required.

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Forward Deployed
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