Dryft

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Dryft
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1 year ago

Responsibilities

  • Design the product backbone by working directly with users, translating their pain points into product improvements, and prototyping or writing production code.
  • Transform deployment learnings into reusable product features, data models, and operational playbooks.
  • Lead end-to-end full-stack rollouts, including scoping, onboarding, integrations, and training.
  • Align IT teams, engineers, and C-level executives across Germany, the EU, and the US.
  • Work with the CEO and CTO to shape Dryft’s product foundation and scaling strategy.

Requirements

  • Fluent German and English communication skills.
  • Ability to translate customer and ERP problems into intuitive product features.
  • Strong systems thinking across code, operations, data, and automation.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and relationship-building skills with both shop-floor operators and executive stakeholders.
  • Willingness to travel 10–30% across Germany, the US, Mexico, and other customer locations.

Benefits

  • 10–30% travel across Germany, the EU, the US, and Mexico.
  • Direct collaboration with the CEO and CTO.
  • Opportunity to grow into roles such as CPO or COO.

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Forward Deployed
Dryft

About Dryft

11-50 employees

Dryft builds artificial intelligence that mimics, optimizes, and automates complex human decisions in manufacturing operations. We use a combination of AI agents & mathematical optimization to build what comes after ERPs: systems that think, act, and adapt autonomously across manufacturing operations.

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