Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Join Axion, a leading company in the quality revolution in manufacturing. As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be responsible for understanding customer problems, deciding what to build, and taking solutions from initial idea to reliable deployment. This hands-on software engineering role involves writing and reviewing code, designing integrations and applications, and owning the behavior of your software after release. You will also engage directly with customers to validate accuracy, usability, and business value. The role is based in New York or San Francisco with 25-50% travel.

• Comprendre et définir les besoins des clients, transformer des demandes larges en un périmètre ciblé et un plan de livraison pratique.
• Concevoir et mettre en œuvre les intégrations de données, la logique métier, les API, les applications et les flux de travail.
• Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les équipes clients pour valider l'exactitude, l'utilisabilité et la valeur commerciale des solutions.

• Two paths into the role. You may have already worked as an FDE or customer-facing software engineer, with real ownership from discovery through deployment
• You may also be a strong software engineer ready for more customer exposure. For that second path, meaningful manufacturing or industrial workflow experience is particularly important
• We care more about what you've built and owned than whether you've held the FDE title
• Engineering. Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of personally shipping and maintaining production software. You can work independently across backend/application logic, data models, APIs, testing, and debugging
• You're comfortable reasoning about reliability, permissions, failure cases, and the tradeoffs between a fast first release and a maintainable system
• Useful experience. Python and SQL; full-stack application development with TypeScript/React or comparable tools; enterprise data and API integrations; applied AI or agent workflows with rigorous evaluation; and manufacturing, quality, reliability, supply-chain, or service operations
• You do not need every item on this list. Strong engineering judgment and demonstrated delivery are more important than familiarity with a particular framework
• Customer ownership. You enjoy understanding how people work and translating an ambiguous problem into a useful solution
• You communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical colleagues, take responsibility for outcomes, and can push back constructively when a request is not the right thing to build. You're comfortable operating in a small team without waiting for a fully specified backlog
• You’re a builder and operator who thrives in fast-moving, high-accountability environments. You take pride in getting things done — thoughtfully, efficiently, and without drama
• You value feedback — giving it, receiving it, and acting on it — and you see collaboration as a competitive advantage, not a burden
• You’re energized by ambiguity, skilled at bringing clarity, and comfortable flexing between strategy and execution
• You’re low-ego but high-agency: you care about winning as a team more than being right individually. You move quickly, communicate directly, and make decisions grounded in impact and data
• You don’t need constant direction — you create momentum. You take ownership for outcomes, and you expect the same from those around you