Forward Deployed Engineer

What you'll be doing

  • Deploy, configure, and debug AI agents and integrations directly inside live enterprise tenant environments handling complex customer workflows and real-world data.
  • Lead technical discovery sessions with customer stakeholders to translate business requirements into product configurations, proofs of concept, and integration specifications.
  • Capture field telemetry, edge-case failures, and customer friction to influence product roadmap and engineering backlog.
  • Identify recurring deployment challenges and transform custom fixes into standardized, automated product capabilities.
  • Collaborate with Workday Services leads, AI Deployment Architects, and Account Teams to ensure seamless project delivery with a focus on core product strength.
  • Guide engagements through milestones from kickoff to graduation, enabling customer self-sufficiency within typical 6-month deployment cycles.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development.
  • Hands-on coding and debugging skills in Python, Java, or similar languages, with knowledge of REST APIs, object-oriented design, system architecture, and integration patterns.
  • Proven experience working directly with enterprise clients on complex software deployments, live data troubleshooting, and custom workflow integration.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to customer sites as needed.

Nice to haves

  • Ability to abstract general product requirements from bespoke customer issues (product mindset).
  • Exceptional verbal and written technical communication skills, with ability to explain complex technical challenges to non-technical leadership.
  • Thrives in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements across Product, Engineering, and Services teams (ambiguity and agility).
  • Highly collaborative, low-ego team player experienced working in multi-disciplinary account and delivery pods.
  • Applied experience with LLM-powered or agentic AI systems, such as prompt/context engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluations, or agent orchestration frameworks, and understanding of model behavior in product and customer-facing contexts.

Perks and benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work model requiring at least 50% of time each quarter spent in office or field with customers, allowing freedom to create a schedule suited to business, team, and personal needs.
  • Competitive base salary range: €72,000 EUR - €108,000 EUR (Ireland).
  • Eligibility for Workday Bonus Plan, role-specific commission/bonus, and annual stock refresh grants.
  • Supportive company culture grounded in integrity, empathy, and collaboration, offering trust, tools, skills development, and long-term investment in employees.
  • Commitment to reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during application and employment processes.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
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