Rapidly design, build, and deliver end-to-end prototypes, demos, and proofs-of-concept that help prospects and partners experience the art of the possible.
Partner with sales and business development teams to identify customer needs, run discovery sessions, and tailor prototypes to demonstrate value.
Represent the company independently in executive-level meetings (SVP/C-level), confidently articulating both technical and business value.
Act as a forward-deployed engineer — embedded in customer/partner environments, surfacing insights, validating opportunities, and feeding learnings back into the product roadmap.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and marketing to shape product direction and positioning based on real-world engagements.
Provide technical guidance during early partnership discussions, including APIs, integrations, cloud deployments, and lightweight AI/LLM-driven applications.
Help establish repeatable frameworks, toolkits, and playbooks for scaling pre-sales prototyping efforts.

3-5+ years of relevant, post-college work experience.
Strong technical hacking and prototyping ability — shown proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar. Can independently build functional, semi-deployable solutions across modern stacks (Python/Node, APIs, data pipelines, cloud environments, front-end frameworks, etc.).
Comfort working with AI/LLM-based tools, APIs, and modern developer ecosystems.
Excellent customer-facing skills: discovery, prospecting, business development, and partnership alignment.
Exceptional executive presence: confident, articulate, and able to hold your own with senior executives.
Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
Strong communication skills: able to translate technical complexity into business value.
Ability and interest to travel up to 25%, as needed to client sites, but flexible based on personal preferences.

Experience in technical pre-sales, forward-deployment, or field engineering roles.
Background in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, or early-stage startups.
Comfort balancing short-term prototyping with longer-term scalability considerations.
Strong storytelling skills and the ability to craft narratives around prototypes and demos.

Shape the earliest moments of our customer and partner relationships.
Have direct influence on product strategy by bringing back unfiltered customer insights.
Work on cutting-edge technologies while owning high-visibility projects.
Join a team that values entrepreneurial thinking, speed, and impact.

Hybrid

Ability and interest to travel up to 25%, as needed to client sites, but flexible based on personal preferences.

Diligent Corporation is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer