Forward Deployed Engineer, DACH

ABOUT THE ROLE A fast-growing, Y Combinator–backed enterprise AI automation company is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer based in Munich to embed directly with major DACH enterprise customers and help them become AI-native. You will work alongside an Enterprise AI Transformation Lead, scoping, building, and shipping production-grade AI agents and integrations that deliver measurable business value — and feed those learnings back into the core product. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role at the intersection of engineering and customer success. You will be on the ground with customers, acting as a technical peer to CTOs and platform teams, and leaving behind systems they can own and operate independently. Significant travel across the DACH region is expected. Native-level German proficiency is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Serve as the engineer on the ground at major DACH enterprise accounts, partnering closely with the Enterprise AI Transformation Lead. - Embed on-site with customers, running workshops, hackathons, and implementation sprints. - Scope, build, integrate, debug, and teach customer teams to adopt production AI agents and workflows. - Ship end-to-end, high-leverage use cases: complex agents, custom integrations, MCP servers, and multi-step workflows. - Act as a technical peer and sparring partner with customer CTOs and platform teams. - Deliver solutions customers can own and operate independently after you leave. - Identify platform limitations and work directly with internal engineering — often writing fixes yourself. - Push the product forward by surfacing and implementing customer-driven improvements. - Automate your own work by building agents that eliminate manual tasks. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Dealbreakers (must-haves): - 3+ years of enterprise software engineering experience delivering production-grade AI agentic workflows for enterprise customers. - Demonstrated experience shipping agentic AI systems, tool-use loops, and LLM-powered features that operate reliably under load. - Native-level German proficiency. - Based in Munich or willing to relocate, with the ability to travel extensively across DACH. Required: - Experience shipping a product or feature from scratch in a professional engineering setting. - Strong full-stack engineering skills with the ability to scope and implement end-to-end solutions, including external system integrations and multi-step workflows. - On-site customer-facing experience with large DACH enterprises — running workshops, hackathons, and implementation sprints; able to scope a complex use case in a customer meeting and deliver it end-to-end. - Experience building custom integrations with enterprise systems and MCP servers for agent deployment. - Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - High agency, high energy, sharp communication, low ego, and strong ownership mindset. Nice to Have: - Go programming language experience. - Founder or early-employee experience at a startup. - Experience with AI coding tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) for building and deploying agents. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS - Salary: €80,000 – €150,000 per year, depending on experience. - Early-stage equity opportunity at a well-funded, high-growth company. - Work at the cutting edge of enterprise AI automation with a team with backgrounds at top-tier tech, consulting, and engineering organisations. LOCATION - Primary location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany — on-site. - Significant travel across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH region) is a core part of the role. - Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must have the right to work in Germany.