engineering
Posted Mar 17Forward Deployed Engineer
at CommerceIQ
Toronto, CanadaOn-site
Responsibilities
- Build prototypes with customers: Work alongside our AI Product Manager to understand real‑world problems, rapidly scope use cases and create working prototypes.
- Integrate data and create new AI agents: Ingest data from disparate sources (ERPs, ecommerce platforms, custom APIs) and build agents that solve the specific use cases uncovered during discovery.
- Own AI outcomes: Lead customer‑facing demonstrations and proof‑of‑concepts. You’ll instrument and tune models using production feedback loops to ensure prototypes deliver measurable outcomes.
- Own the full lifecycle: Support engagements from pre‑sales scoping through post‑deployment refinement.
Requirements
- CommerceIQ is building the AI platform that runs commerce for the world's largest brands.
- We are not selling AI demos.
- We are shipping AI agents for content, media, and sales into the workflows of the Fortune 100 every week.
- As a Forward Deployed Engineer , you will partner closely with our founders and the AI Product Managers to prototype and deploy AI‑driven solutions that solve our customers’ most pressing problems.
- This is a founding engineering role with high visibility; you will report directly to our Head of AI Strategy and Outcomes.
- You will help define how we work with our most important customers, shape the company’s first ever forward deployed engineering function, and contribute to our mission of helping brands win in AI‑driven e-commerce. Location / Travel:
- Comfortable coding in Python or Java and learning new technologies quickly.
- Experience connecting to APIs, working with SQL/NoSQL databases, streaming/ETL pipelines and deploying AI/LLM‑based agents.
- requirements into working solutions. You have excellent communication skills and the ability to simplify complex technical topics.
- Bachelor's degree, in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field Nice to Haves: Prior
- experience in a forward‑deployed, solutions engineering, technical product management or customer implementation role.
- Candidates coming from companies known for forward‑deployed engineering (e.g., Palantir, Scale AI, Ramp, Postman etc.) are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Familiarity with e-commerce, retail, supply‑chain or ad‑tech data.