About this opportunity
Veeam lists this Senior Forward Deployed Engineer opportunity in seattle, Washington. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands.
About the Role
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be the technical owner for some of the most complex and strategic customer accounts. You will lead the technical approach, make clear decisions in ambiguous situations, and help customers get real value from the platform in complex enterprise environments.
You will work across deployment, integration, automation, and solution design. You will also handle deep technical escalations and build reusable patterns, tools, and playbooks that help the wider Forward Deployed Engineering team move faster and deliver more consistently.
This is a hands‑on senior engineering role. You will work directly with customer executives, security and privacy leaders, business stakeholders, and technical teams. You will turn complex data, security, privacy, and AI needs into practical solutions that can scale.
What You’ll Do
Own technical delivery for the most complex customer accounts, from deployment through scaled, everyday use
Lead deployments across hybrid environments, including cloud, on‑premises, Kubernetes, containers, Linux, and related infrastructure
Define solution architecture for customers with complex data estates, security needs, and business requirements
Adapt platform behavior when standard configuration does not fully match the customer’s data, workflows, or risk model
Build andoperateintegrations across customer systems, including identity, SIEM, ITSM, data platforms, APIs, and downstream tools
Diagnose and resolve deep technical issues across data, deployment, infrastructure, and integration layers
Build reusable agents, automations, tools, and playbooks that help the broader FDE team deliver faster and with higher quality
Turn manual customer outcomes into repeatable workflows for remediation, alerting, reporting, and operational follow‑up
Lead architecture and design sessions with customer executives, security and privacy leaders, business teams, and engineers
Mentor other FDEs by reviewing solutions, sharing patterns, and helping unblock complex technical work
Partner with Sales Engineering, Product, and Engineering on strategic POCs, customer escalations, and product feedback from the field
What You’ll Bring
8–12+ years of experience in deeply technical, customer‑facing roles, such as forward‑deployed engineering, solutions engineering, platform engineering, or technical consulting
Strong software engineering skills in at least one language, such as Python, Go, or TypeScript, with the ability to read unfamiliar code and understand complex systems quickly
Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, containers, Linux, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
Experience deploying and operating solutions across complex cloud, hybrid, and on‑premises enterprise environments
Strong understanding of APIs, system integration, SQL/NoSQL data stores, and structured or unstructured data
Experience building practical technical solutions, such as data pipelines, custom classifiers, integrations, automations, agents, or internal tools
Strong fluency with AI‑native developer tools, agents, and automation, including creating reusable workflows that help others move faster
Strong customer presence, with the ability to build trust with executives, business leaders and engineering teams
Working knowledge of data security, privacy, and regulatory topics across industries and geographies
High ownership, strong critical thinking, and the ability to bring structure to complex problems without a clear playbook
Bonus Skills
Experience with DSPM, CSPM, DLP, data governance, privacy platforms, or related security domains
Experience building or heavily using AI agents, agentic coding assistants, MCP, or RAG systems
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, SOC 2, or ISO 27001, especially across multiple geographies
Experience with enterprise data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, orBigQuery
Knowledge of access control, encryption, masking, or other data protection controls in enterprise data systems
Experience mentoring senior technical contributors or setting delivery standards in fast‑paced, distributed teams
Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer • Sydney, NSW, AU
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