Forward-Deployed Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-20
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Software Development
AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Software Architect
About the company:
the company is the agentic infrastructure company. We free people and agents to ship what’s next.
For more than a decade, the company has shaped how the web is built. As the team behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK, we create products that help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.
Now, software is entering a new era, and the next generation of products will not just be used by people. They will be built, extended, and operated by agents.
We are building the platform for that future, trusted by companies like
OpenAI, Pay Pal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide
. Whether you’re building our products, supporting our customers, growing our community, or shaping our story, you’ll help define what comes next.
We are looking for a Forward-Deployed Engineer to join our Professional Services team. This is not a traditional consulting role—you will embed directly with our most strategic enterprise customers to drive transformational outcomes across frontend modernization, platform migrations, and AI adoption.
In this role, you will lead complex Next.js migrations, architect high-performance applications, and build production AI solutions—all within customer environments. You'll work hands‑on‑keyboard alongside customer teams, whether you're migrating a legacy React application to App Router, conducting a deep‑dive code audit, or deploying production agents using the company's AI SDK. You will be equally comfortable leading a technical discovery session with engineering leadership as you are refactoring a complex rendering strategy or optimizing an agentic workflow.
Our Forward‑Deployed Engineer operate with high agency and autonomy. You'll navigate ambiguous enterprise environments, assess technical debt, design migration strategies, and deliver measurable business value—all while building long‑term relationships that expand our partnership with each customer.
You will report to the Director of Professional Services and will be remote‑first with significant travel (25‑40%) to customer sites for embedded engagements.
What you will do:—modernizing legacy React, Vue, or other frameworks to Next.js, including Pages to App Router transitions, incremental adoption strategies, and large‑scale codebase transformations.
, analyzing customer codebases for performance bottlenecks, architectural anti‑patterns, and optimization opportunities—delivering actionable roadmaps that drive measurable improvements.
, leveraging App Router, Server Components, streaming, ISR, edge functions, and advanced rendering strategies to meet enterprise scale and performance requirements.
, using tools like the company Speed Insights to diagnose issues and implement fixes that improve SEO, conversion rates, and user experience.
using the company's AI SDK and AI Cloud—including conversational interfaces, production agents, MCP servers, and agentic workflows that transform customer operations.
to build production applications—working within their systems, understanding their constraints, and shipping Type Script code that goes live.
through workshops, pair programming, and documentation—ensuring customer teams can extend and maintain solutions independently.
by building relationships with stakeholders across engineering, product, and executive teams—translating technical capabilities into business outcomes.
by providing technical expertise during discovery calls, scoping sessions, and proposal development for migrations, audits, and AI transformation engagements.
by identifying repeatable patterns, building reusable components, and sharing implementation insights back to Product and Engineering teams.
- 5+ years of experience
in software engineering…
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