Staffbase

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Global Markets

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2 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical design, implementation, testing, release, deployment, and user validation of assigned customer solutions.
  • Build customer-facing UI, backend services, and integrations with Staffbase and third-party APIs.
  • Partner with customers, consultants, Sales, and internal teams to define use cases, assess feasibility, and scope solutions.
  • Support technical pre-sales discovery and advise customers on using Staffbase platform tools where appropriate.
  • Use current Staffbase extensibility capabilities and apply architectural, security, and compliance standards.
  • Identify reusable patterns and components, document them, and contribute them to the shared Build asset catalogue.
  • Surface recurring customer needs for consideration in the product roadmap.
  • Maintain code quality through testing, code reviews, and healthy CI/CD practices.
  • Participate in the Build on-call rotation and mentor less experienced engineers.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience building and running production systems.
  • Customer-facing technical experience in forward-deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or consulting.
  • Strong React and TypeScript/JavaScript experience.
  • Backend experience with at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, or Node.js.
  • Deep experience designing and integrating REST APIs and third-party systems.
  • Experience testing, assessing, and integrating third-party APIs.
  • Ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical audiences and translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Experience mentoring or guiding less experienced developers and bringing structure to team workflows.
  • Strong focus on quality, clean code, testing, continuous learning, and collaborative independent work.
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

Benefits

  • Flexible working time models and hybrid work options.
  • Yearly flex work allowance of £1356.
  • 31 vacation days annually, including one floating holiday, plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August.
  • Company pension, private medical insurance including dental, life assurance, and competitive paid parental leave.
  • One paid Volunteers Day per year for supporting a social project.
  • Competitive salary packages including an LTIP unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan.

Categories

Forward Deployed
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About Staffbase

501-1,000 employees

Staffbase builds an employee communications and experience platform for enterprises to reach frontline and desk-based workers. Its SaaS suite includes a branded employee app, intranet, email and SMS tools, digital signage, and Microsoft 365/Teams integrations managed from a single console. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, it is privately held and serves customers such as Adidas, Alaska Airlines, Audi, and DHL.

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