Job
- Level
- Senior
- Location
- Hamburg, Stuttgart
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Job Field
- IT, Application, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this role, you will shape the implementation and integration of the Blockbrain platform at client sites, developing tailored solutions and ensuring the success of their technical systems in dynamic environments.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Forward Deployed Engineers are Blockbrain's most client-proximate technical operators. Where Solutions Engineers sell and specify, FDEs ship - embedded directly in client environments to deploy, extend, and integrate the Blockbrain platform against real-world constraints. You own the gap between signed contract and working system.
- This is not a support role. FDEs write production-grade code, design integration architectures, and make technical decisions on-site with clients. You are accountable for time-to-value.
- Own end-to-end delivery of Blockbrain in client environments - from infrastructure setup through agent configuration, retrieval tuning, and integration wiring.
- Work directly with client engineering teams to ensure seamless adoption.
- Entwickeln Sie benutzerdefinierte Konnektoren, API-Adapter und Workflow-Erweiterungen mit Blockbrain's Stack (TypeScript/Node.js, Python/FastAPI, Next.js).
- Tailor the platform to client data models, auth systems, and business processes.
- Configure and optimize Blockbrain's knowledge retrieval layer - vector indexes, reranker pipelines, graph integrations - for client-specific environments.
- Translate domain requirements into retrieval architecture decisions.
- Support and troubleshoot Kubernetes-based deployments (Docker, ArgoCD), cloud integrations, and IaC (Terraform).
- Übernehmen Sie die volle Verantwortung für Kunden, die selbstgehostete Blockbrain-Instanzen betreiben.
- Act as a direct signal channel from the field to Product and Engineering.
- Document patterns, edge cases, and missing capabilities with enough specificity to become actionable backlog.
- Leads discovery sessions, integration workshops, and architecture reviews with client engineering stakeholders.
- Own the technical narrative in client meetings and teach advanced customer advocates to become platform experts.
- Use Claude Code and Blockbrain's own agents to accelerate deployments - scaffolding integrations, debugging client environments, and generating documentation instead of writing everything from scratch.
- Actively experiment with AI-assisted workflows for code generation, retrieval tuning, and test authoring to compress client time-to-value.
- Collaborate with the product team to provide real-world field feedback on Blockbrain's AI capabilities - you're the closest person to how customers actually use the platform.
- Stay curious about emerging AI capabilities and apply them hands-on in client engagements - if a new tool can cut a 2-day integration task to 2 hours, we expect you to find it.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent practical experience.
Qualifications
- Excellent presentation and relationship-building skills; confident leading client consultations, demos, and technical workshops in German (at least B2 level needed) and English.
- All-rounder with strong TypeScript proficiency across the stack; eager to learn new technologies and infrastructure quickly. Familiarity with LLMs, data processing, and coding agents is ideal.
- Bias for action and pragmatic execution - you prototype rapidly, deliver value to clients quickly, and thrive in ambiguous, dynamic environments.
- Able to manage multiple concurrent client engagements, coordinate across Product and Engineering teams, and keep deployments on track without external project management.
- TypeScript/Node.js, Python, REST APIs, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, Terraform, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, vector databases, LLM/embedding pipelines, CI/CD tooling (Sentry, Grafana, Datadog).
- Entrepreneurial, resilient, and goal-oriented. An independent problem-solver who proposes tailored solutions, experiments with client feedback, learns from challenges, and communicates technical concepts clearly across all levels.
Experience
- 5+ years in solutions engineering, full-stack development, or a client-facing technical role with proven ability to deliver projects from ideation to deployment.
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What we offer
- Full-time position on-site in Stuttgart or Hamburg (3 days per week) with flexible working hours.
- Germany Ticket, Wellpass fitness membership, access to the latest AI tools, and regular company and team off-sites.
- International team with exceptional talents.
- Steile Lernkurve in einem schnell wachsenden AI-Startup. Ein hohes Maß an persönlicher Verantwortung und die Freiheit, Prozesse aktiv mitzugestalten.
- MacBook, iPhone, headset, and all the tools you need to perform at your best.
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About Your Employer
Blockbrain
Blockbrain focuses on automating document processes and enhancing knowledge management. The platform increases efficiency and optimizes the use of corporate knowledge.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
- Location
- Hamburg, Stuttgart
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
