Forward Deployed Engineer (m/w/d) – Munich in München

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The role

Most enterprise software stops at logging transactions; this early-stage team is building the decision intelligence layer designed to replace legacy ERPs entirely.

Backed by top-tier US venture funds and veteran operators, they build simulation and reasoning models that automate supply chain, engineering, and production decisions for some of the world's largest machinery and robotics manufacturers.

• The work
• Own customer deployments end-to-end, from scoping data pipelines and integrating legacy ERPs to training operational teams across manufacturing plants in Germany, the EU, and the US.
• Ship and debug production code across Python (Fast API, Temporal, Postgres) and Type Script/React, tracing edge cases directly to the source and deploying fixes yourself.
• Abstract bespoke customer workflows, operational heuristics, and manufacturing constraints into modular product features and reusable data models.
• Run technical discovery and alignment across cross-functional enterprise stakeholders, bridging the gap between skeptical corporate IT leads and frontline production operators.
• Travel to customer plants (10 to 30%) to understand physical operational bottlenecks firsthand and deploy immediate technical solutions in the field.

What You Bring

• At least 2 years of experience building software or leading technical deployments in a high-growth startup, as a founder, or in a top-tier technical consulting environment.
• Demonstrated ability to write production code end-to-end (specifically Python or modern Type Script) and independently diagnose root causes across complex distributed systems.
• High communication range: equally effective negotiating data pipelines with enterprise IT directors, aligning C-level leadership, and running discovery with operators on the factory floor.
• Based onsite in Munich with willingness to travel 10 to 30% across Europe and the US; German language capability is a strong advantage.
• Why apply through Dex

High-calibre Forward Deployed Engineering roles in industrial AI are exceptionally rare in Europe, and telling apart genuine technical ownership from glorified IT integration is nearly impossible from a job board.

Applying through Dex bypasses cold screening and pairs you with a dedicated recruiter who understands the FDE profile, briefs you on the company's real deployment architecture before you interview, and fast-tracks you to founders.

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