Forward Deployed Engineer - India
Explicitly requires vibe coding skills and rapid prototyping with AI coding assistants and LLM tools (Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.).
About the Role
Pulsora is hiring an AI-first Forward Deployed Engineer in India to deploy AI-enabled solutions into complex enterprise environments. The role combines customer-facing implementation, rapid prototyping, system integration, and AI-native engineering to deliver measurable outcomes on the Pulsora platform.
Job Description
Role
Pulsora is seeking an AI-first Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join the customer solutions organization. The FDE will work at the intersection of engineering, implementation, product, and customer success to deploy AI-enabled solutions, integrate systems, and deliver measurable business outcomes using the Pulsora platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex enterprise deployments and implementations of the Pulsora platform for global customers
- Partner with customer stakeholders to gather requirements and map ESG reporting workflows
- Design and implement AI-enabled solutions that improve automation, compliance, reporting, and operational efficiency
- Use AI-first engineering practices including AI coding assistants, prompt engineering, rapid prototyping, vibe coding, and LLM-powered application development
- Rapidly build proofs-of-concept, internal tools, automations, integrations, dashboards, and lightweight applications
- Configure workflows, validations, ETL pipelines, analytics, integrations, and reporting within the Pulsora platform
- Develop reusable implementation accelerators and AI-powered tooling to improve delivery speed and scalability
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to influence roadmap priorities based on customer feedback
- Lead solution workshops, architecture reviews, product demonstrations, and technical deep dives
- Troubleshoot technical escalations and act as a trusted technical advisor to enterprise customers
- Support customer adoption, quarterly business reviews, and annual reporting cycles
Requirements
- 3–7 years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, Solution Architecture, Enterprise SaaS Implementation, or Customer Engineering
- Strong experience with AI-assisted software development and modern engineering workflows
- Hands-on experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, REST APIs, integrations, and analytics platforms
- Experience with LLM application development including prompt engineering, RAG, AI agents, workflow orchestration, and evaluation
- Strong vibe coding skills for rapid prototyping and shipping solutions in AI-native development environments
- Experience using modern AI development tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, Replit, and Bolt.new
- Ability to build internal tools, automations, workflow systems, AI-powered applications, and customer-facing prototypes quickly
- Familiarity with cloud-native and open-source technologies and enterprise systems integration
- Excellent communication and customer engagement skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with ESG, sustainability, carbon accounting, or reporting frameworks such as CDP, SASB, GRI, or TCFD
Notes on Location & Working Style
- This posting is for India. The company describes hybrid-friendly office requirements (2–3 times per week) for employees in New York, San Francisco Bay Area, and Munich; India-specific office policy is not detailed. Role requires occasional off-business-hours meetings to coordinate with global teams.