Forward Deployed Engineer

Join Protex, a fast-paced startup, as a Forward Deployed Engineer in our Boston office. In this high-impact role, you will serve as the founding technical presence, working closely with major enterprise clients and collaborating with our core engineering teams. You will be responsible for software builds, data integration development, and hardware integrations, while also establishing high technical standards and helping to shape our engineering culture.

• Act as the foundational Forward Deployed Engineer in the Boston office, setting high technical standards and helping establish the engineering culture as the startup grows.
• Architect, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines, data stores, and backend infrastructure required to process, model, and serve client data reliably at scale.
• Lead the technical build work, data model configuration, and validation for specific Protex use cases, in partnership with your Technical Implementation Consultant counterpart.

• Strong Data & Infrastructure Core: Demonstrated expertise in data engineering, data pipelines, backend architecture, API design, and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, SQL/NoSQL, ETL/ELT pipelines, event-driven architectures)
• Fullstack Capabilities: Comfortable moving across backend services, data infrastructure, custom APIs, and lightweight frontend or integration components
• Ability to Navigate Ambiguity: Able to move from complex, unstructured client datasets and requirements to a production-grade build rapidly in real-world deployment scenarios
• Enterprise Integration Experience: Proven track record building data-heavy integrations with enterprise ecosystems (ERP, CMMS, BI platforms) and/or edge/IoT hardware setups
• Startup Mindset & Forward Deployed Ownership: Excited to be the first Technical hire in our 20-person Boston office, bringing high agency, client-facing technical problem solving, and a desire to build in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to Travel: Open to traveling 4–5 times per year to client sites, along with occasional trips to our Dublin HQ and company offsites in Europe