Forward Deployed Engineer

About this role

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage team building AI-powered software for the freight and logistics industry. In this customer-facing engineering role, you will work directly with logistics teams to turn operational challenges into reliable production systems. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Partner with logistics teams to understand their workflows and translate needs into system designs. - Build full-stack, AI-powered tools using TypeScript and Node.js.

- Integrate with enterprise systems such as ERP and transport management platforms, and build dependable pipelines for complex data. - Shape product direction and technical decisions with the engineering team. - Own work from design through deployment, shipping quickly and iterating based on customer feedback. - Travel regularly to customer sites across Europe and Asia. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 3 years of experience building full-stack applications or backend systems in production, with a record of stable engineering roles.

- Strong TypeScript and Node.js skills, with experience specifying and shipping products directly with users. - Experience designing APIs and integrating enterprise systems, including ERP or transport management platforms. - Experience building scalable backend infrastructure and data pipelines, including handling messy or unstructured data. - Proficiency with cloud infrastructure tools such as Docker, Terraform, GCP, or AWS.

- Experience shipping LLM or agent functionality in production; familiarity with RAG, evaluations, orchestration, or prompt engineering is useful. - Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and readiness to work directly with customers and travel regularly. - React or another modern frontend framework, logistics or supply chain experience, and experience in an early-stage environment are valued.

LOCATION Hybrid in Berlin, Germany, with regular travel to customer sites across Europe and Asia.

Source listing: ashby_clera