Telnyx

Forward Deployed Engineer (Remote)

Telnyx
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2 months ago
USA (city not specified)Mid Level
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Embed with enterprise customers to understand communications workflows, AI use cases, and integration challenges.
  • Build and deploy custom implementations including AI voice assistants, Telnyx Voice, Messaging, Fax, and Wireless APIs, and WebRTC solutions.
  • Lead proofs of concept, pilots, and production launches from initial design through go-live.
  • Own customer outcomes through solution stabilization and production readiness.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to influence the roadmap using customer and field insights.
  • Create technical documentation, runbooks, and maintainable solutions for handoff.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex integration issues with customer engineering teams.

Requirements

  • CS degree or equivalent experience.
  • At least 3 years of experience building software or performing technical consulting.
  • Proficiency in multiple languages, including Python, Node.js, and Go.
  • Strong API fluency, event-driven thinking, and cloud-native instincts.
  • Exposure to SIP, WebRTC, or real-time voice and messaging systems.
  • Ability to diagnose root causes from ambiguous technical problems.
  • Comfort working at customer sites and participating in high-stakes technical conversations.
  • Preferred experience with AI voice assistants, speech-to-text, or LLM-based conversational systems.
  • Preferred SQL experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.
  • Preferred ETL and data-wrangling experience.
  • Preferred DevOps experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Telecom, CPaaS, or high-growth SaaS experience is a bonus.
  • Security experience involving IAM, encryption, or audit logging is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Remote role with 10–30% travel to customer sites for deployments, workshops, and escalations.
  • Opportunity to work with enterprise customers and production systems across voice, messaging, AI, wireless, and global connectivity.

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Forward Deployed
Telnyx

About Telnyx

201-500 employees

Telnyx builds a communications platform and AI infrastructure for developers and enterprises, offering SIP trunking, voice and messaging APIs, WhatsApp Business, eSIM/IoT connectivity, and low-latency inference on a private global IP network. The privately held company, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Austin, operates worldwide and holds a Saudi VVSP license with regional anchorsites for data locality. Revenue comes from usage-based APIs and enterprise connectivity services.

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