Clera

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

New York Posted 5d ago

RemoteStaff$0k–$200k/yrUnited States

About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI company serving the consumer packaged goods sector as a technical partner to customer operations teams. You will own implementations from initial discovery through go-live, helping customers improve their wholesale workflows and shaping product capabilities through insights from the field.

What You'll Do

  • Lead customer onboarding from discovery and integration through configuration, testing, and go-live.

  • Work with operators to map purchase-order-to-cash workflows and determine how the platform should support their needs.

  • Build and troubleshoot integrations across EDI, ERP, inventory, accounting, and freight systems.

  • Translate operational requirements into data models, configurations, and product capabilities.

  • Share implementation learnings with engineering and help turn customer feedback into product improvements.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of experience in forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, implementation engineering, technical onboarding, or a similar customer-facing technical role.

  • Experience owning customer onboarding end to end, from discovery through deployment and go-live.

  • Hands-on experience integrating EDI with ERP, inventory, accounting, and freight systems, ideally in CPG, supply chain, logistics, or wholesale operations.

  • Working knowledge of APIs, data models, SQL, and integration debugging, with the ability to read and write code as needed.

  • Strong systems thinking and comfort navigating ambiguity, operational complexity, and changing priorities.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $0 to $200,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in New York, United States.

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