Forward Deployed Engineer på Catena i Remote - United States
Catena · Remote - United States
Forward Deployed Engineer
FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER
We're looking for an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to be the primary technical owner for building new capabilities with
Cate...
FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER
We're looking for an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to be the primary technical owner for building new capabilities with
Catena's most important customers. In this role, you'll combine deep technical expertise with a genuine understanding of customer
and business objectives — architecting, developing, and deploying software that helps enterprises put AI agents to work in the
regulated financial system.
Customer obsession is core to how we operate. You'll spend most of your time working alongside our customers' teams to understand
how they're integrating Catena, where they hit friction, and what it takes to enable the next level of capability. You're the
bridge between what Catena builds and what enterprises actually need to ship.
Every agent action at Catena flows through deterministic policies before execution — your job is to make sure our customers can
build fully autonomous systems that they can trust: operating with complete observability over every agent intent, evaluation, and
execution. When the field reveals something our platform should do better, you'll bring that back and help us build it.
You'll work closely with fellow engineers, product, and business teams to ensure customers achieve their desired outcomes and are
genuinely delighted by what we build.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Work directly with customers to understand their technical and operational objectives, scope requirements, and prototype and
propose solutions — then build them
Design, code, and launch features that improve and innovate on Catena's core platform, including the applications, APIs, and
SDKs that enable secure, reliable commerce between AI agents and the financial system
Build and configure agent identity and credentialing systems within customer environments, ensuring every agent can be verified
and every transaction can be audited
Drive product deployments end-to-end: configuration, policy setup, testing, and troubleshooting across diverse technical
environments, including legacy financial infrastructure
Dive deep into customer codebases to understand how they're using Catena's products, surface friction points, and identify
opportunities for improvement
Champion customer success — ensure Catena's team understands, prioritizes, and acts on customer feedback and pain points
Partner with internal stakeholders to continuously align Catena's product roadmap and strategy with what customers actually
need in the field
WHO YOU ARE
5+ years of professional, hands-on full-stack development experience with languages such as TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar
Track record of shipping complex, production-quality features from initial concept through production
Excel at rapid prototyping while maintaining appropriate quality standards
Superb problem-solving skills and an ability to understand customer needs and the product and business context of your work.
Excellent communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders; comfortable in a room with a customer, a compliance
officer or a fellow engineer
Thrives in ambiguous environments; high ownership, entrepreneurial mindset, deep sense of urgency
Committed to building systems that are performant, reliable, and secure
Fluent with AI development tools (Claude Code, Codex, etc) as a core part of your daily workflow; you direct, validate, and own
the output
NICE TO HAVE
Experience in fintech, payments, blockchain, or regulated financial infrastructure
Hands-on experience building AI-driven solutions or integrating with modern AI toolkits with public facing examples
Experience writing agent skills and know when and how to reach for them.
Genuine curiosity about AI agents, stablecoins, and programmable identity
Proficiency with our core stack:TypeScript, Python, React
Contributions to relevant open-source projects or published work — code, blog posts, presentations, or papers
WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT
Most forward deployed roles drop you into mature products at mature companies. This one puts you at the front line of a category
that doesn't exist yet. The problems are emerging and unsolved: how do you give an AI agent a verifiable identity, govern what
it's allowed to do, and prove after the fact that it stayed within bounds — all within an existing organization. You'll be the
person figuring this out with the first enterprises to ever attempt it, and what you learn in the field will directly shape the
platform millions of agents eventually run on.
JOIN US
Catena is pursuing a national trust bank charter because the agentic economy deserves the same regulatory foundation that
underpins the rest of the financial system. If you want to be part of building that foundation — and work directly with the
enterprises putting it to use — we want to hear from you.
You'll have the opportunity to work on challenging problems that have never been solved before, with a team that's defining an
CSQ327R45
As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI
challenges using the Databricks platform. You will own the architecture, lead design decisions, and implement end-to-end systems
spanning data engineering, AI, and application development. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and
initiatives alongside engineering, product, and developer relations. FDEs deliver with customer empathy, integrating with client
systems, training, and other technical needs to help customers get most value out of their data.
This is a hands-on, customer-facing role for builders who thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact. The ideal
candidate combines engineering expertise with adaptability, curiosity, and a passion for working with customers and teammates to
solve complex problems that drive measurable outcomes. FDEs are billable and know how to complete projects according to
specification with exceptional customer empathy.
The impact you will have:
* Production Solution Delivery: Lead impactful customer technical projects by delivering production-grade systems, designing and
building reference architectures, custom applications and data ingestion and ML/AI model integration
* Transformational Impact: Guide strategic customers as they implement transformational big data projects including end-to-end
design, build and deployment of industry-leading big data and AI applications. Work with engagement managers to scope technical
delivery work with input from the customer
* Empower Customers: Guide customers on architecture and design; bootstrap or implement customer projects which leads to a
customers' successful understanding, evaluation and adoption of Databricks.
* Own the Architecture: Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with both
customer needs and Databricks best practices.
* Work with the Databricks technical team, Project Manager, Architect and Customer team to ensure the technical components of the
engagement are delivered to meet customer's needs.
* Work with Engineering and Databricks Customer Support to provide product and implementation feedback and to guide rapid
resolution for engagement specific product and support issues.
* Customer Immersion: Embed with customer teams, engaging with stakeholders from technical ICs to executives to deeply understand
challenges and deliver impact.
* Reusable Assets & Scale: Contribute accelerators, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts and
influence the Databricks product roadmap.
What we look for:
* Extensive experience in data engineering, data platforms & analytics, or software engineering
* Comfortable writing code in either Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks
* Working knowledge of two or more common Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one
* Deep experience with distributed computing with Apache Spark™ and knowledge of Spark runtime internals
* Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments
* Working knowledge of MLOps, ML/AI models and AI APIs
* Design and deployment of performant production end-to-end data architectures and applications that combine data pipelines,
ML/AI models, and user-facing interfaces.
* Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope, timelines and measurable outcomes, translating complex concepts
into actionable solutions.
* Documentation and white-boarding skills.
* Experience working with enterprise clients and managing conflicts across a broad stakeholder range
* Build skills in technical areas, and demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to explore new technologies which
support the deployment and integration of Databricks-based solutions to complete customer projects.
* Travel to customers 20% of the time
* Databricks Certification
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and
over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI.
Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse,
Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific
details on the benefits offered in your region click here.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to
ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment
at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or
expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation,
socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Compliance
If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's
discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an
applicant on this basis alone.
Shape the future of education technology
IST is mid-transformation. We are moving from legacy product lines built over decades to a unified platform that already serves over five million users across the Nordics and Germany and that we are building to scale into new markets.
We know where we are heading. We are building it now.
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer who wants to work closely with our most strategic customers and play a key role in shaping the future of education technology. This role is based out of our Stockholm or Växjö office, with regular collaboration across teams and customers.
About the role
This is not a traditional developer role.
You will act as an extension of our customers’ technical teams, working closely with municipalities and public sector organizations. The role combines deep technical expertise with strong business understanding and offers high autonomy from idea to delivery.
You will operate in a flexible environment, partly outside our standard product lifecycle, enabling fast, agile deliveries with immediate impact.
Key responsibilities:
Take full ownership from discovery phase and requirements analysis through to delivery.
Act as an extension of the customer’s technical team, participating in technical forums and meetings
Work hands-on with data extraction, cloud integrations, APIs, and modern data platforms
Navigate IST’s data landscape, including shared services and product-specific databases
Act as the bridge between customers and IST’s product organization
Collaborate closely with Product Owners and internal experts to ensure fast, effective delivery
Identify scalable patterns and contribute to strengthening IST’s EduCloud and data platform
Role qualifications
We believe you have the following competence profile to succeed in this role:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Strong experience in:
Data extraction and data integration
Cloud environments
API integrations
Modern data platforms
Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems
Comfortable working close to customers and owning end-to-end delivery
Consulting background is a plus
Ability to combine deep technical expertise with business understanding
Confident and credible in customer-facing situations
Strong communicator, fluent in Swedish and English
Experience in the education or public sector is a plus
Thrives in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same
About IST
At IST, the buyer and the end user are often structurally separated. This makes the ability to navigate both business and technical perspectives critical.
In this role, you will work closely with municipalities and public authorities, ensuring that solutions meet procurement frameworks while also addressing the real needs of educators, administrators, and families.
By translating complex requirements into scalable solutions, you will not only deliver value to individual customers, you will also help strengthen IST’s broader platform and offering.
What we offer
This is a full-time, permanent position. At IST, we apply an office-first policy, meaning we primarily work from the office as we believe physical presence fosters collaboration, innovation, and a strong team spirit. At the same time, we understand the importance of flexibility, if you live farther away, working from the office three days a week with the remaining time remote may be possible. In Scandinavia our offices are located in Stockholm, Växjö, Roskilde and Oslo.
Apply
Applications are reviewed continuously. For questions, contact Bengt Welin bengt.welin@ist.com or HR@ist.com.
Please note! Background check is part of the recruitment process.
Welcome to apply!
Shape the future of education technology
IST is mid-transformation. We are moving from legacy product lines built over decades to a unified platform that already serves over five million users across the Nordics and Germany and that we are building to scale into new markets.
We know where we are heading. We are building it now.
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer who wants to work closely with our most strategic customers and play a key role in shaping the future of education technology. This role is based out of our Stockholm or Växjö office, with regular collaboration across teams and customers.
About the role
This is not a traditional developer role.
You will act as an extension of our customers’ technical teams, working closely with municipalities and public sector organizations. The role combines deep technical expertise with strong business understanding and offers high autonomy from idea to delivery.
You will operate in a flexible environment, partly outside our standard product lifecycle, enabling fast, agile deliveries with immediate impact.
Key responsibilities:
Take full ownership from discovery phase and requirements analysis through to delivery.
Act as an extension of the customer’s technical team, participating in technical forums and meetings
Work hands-on with data extraction, cloud integrations, APIs, and modern data platforms
Navigate IST’s data landscape, including shared services and product-specific databases
Act as the bridge between customers and IST’s product organization
Collaborate closely with Product Owners and internal experts to ensure fast, effective delivery
Identify scalable patterns and contribute to strengthening IST’s EduCloud and data platform
Role qualifications
We believe you have the following competence profile to succeed in this role:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Strong experience in:
Data extraction and data integration
Cloud environments
API integrations
Modern data platforms
Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems
Comfortable working close to customers and owning end-to-end delivery
Consulting background is a plus
Ability to combine deep technical expertise with business understanding
Confident and credible in customer-facing situations
Strong communicator, fluent in Swedish and English
Experience in the education or public sector is a plus
Thrives in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same
About IST
At IST, the buyer and the end user are often structurally separated. This makes the ability to navigate both business and technical perspectives critical.
In this role, you will work closely with municipalities and public authorities, ensuring that solutions meet procurement frameworks while also addressing the real needs of educators, administrators, and families.
By translating complex requirements into scalable solutions, you will not only deliver value to individual customers, you will also help strengthen IST’s broader platform and offering.
What we offer
This is a full-time, permanent position. At IST, we apply an office-first policy, meaning we primarily work from the office as we believe physical presence fosters collaboration, innovation, and a strong team spirit. At the same time, we understand the importance of flexibility, if you live farther away, working from the office three days a week with the remaining time remote may be possible. In Scandinavia our offices are located in Stockholm, Växjö, Roskilde and Oslo.
Apply
Applications are reviewed continuously. For questions, contact Bengt Welin bengt.welin@ist.com or HR@ist.com.
Please note! Background check is part of the recruitment process.
Welcome to apply!
