Forward Deployed Engineer, DACH
Clera
<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">A fast-growing, Y Combinator–backed enterprise AI automation company is hiring a <strong>Forward Deployed Engineer</strong> based in Munich to embed directly with major DACH enterprise customers and help them become AI-native. You will work alongside an Enterprise AI Transformation Lead, scoping, building, and shipping production-grade AI agents and integrations that deliver measurable business value — and feed those learnings back into the core product.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a high-ownership, high-impact role at the intersection of engineering and customer success. You will be on the ground with customers, acting as a technical peer to CTOs and platform teams, and leaving behind systems they can own and operate independently.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Significant travel across the DACH region is expected. Native-level German proficiency is required. <strong>Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.</strong></p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Serve as the engineer on the ground at major DACH enterprise accounts, partnering closely with the Enterprise AI Transformation Lead.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Embed on-site with customers, running workshops, hackathons, and implementation sprints.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Scope, build, integrate, debug, and teach customer teams to adopt production AI agents and workflows.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ship end-to-end, high-leverage use cases: complex agents, custom integrations, MCP servers, and multi-step workflows.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Act as a technical peer and sparring partner with customer CTOs and platform teams.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Deliver solutions customers can own and operate independently after you leave.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Identify platform limitations and work directly with internal engineering — often writing fixes yourself.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Push the product forward by surfacing and implementing customer-driven improvements.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Automate your own work by building agents that eliminate manual tasks.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Dealbreakers (must-haves):</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">3+ years of enterprise software engineering experience delivering production-grade AI agentic workflows for enterprise customers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Demonstrated experience shipping agentic AI systems, tool-use loops, and LLM-powered features that operate reliably under load.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Native-level German proficiency.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Based in Munich or willing to relocate, with the ability to travel extensively across DACH.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Required:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience shipping a product or feature from scratch in a professional engineering setting.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong full-stack engineering skills with the ability to scope and implement end-to-end solutions, including external system integrations and multi-step workflows.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">On-site customer-facing experience with large DACH enterprises — running workshops, hackathons, and implementation sprints; able to scope a complex use case in a customer meeting and deliver it end-to-end.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience building custom integrations with enterprise systems and MCP servers for agent deployment.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">High agency, high energy, sharp communication, low ego, and strong ownership mindset.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Nice to Have:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Go programming language experience.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Founder or early-employee experience at a startup.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with AI coding tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) for building and deploying agents.</p></li></ul><h3>Compensation & Benefits</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Salary:</strong> €80,000 – €150,000 per year, depending on experience.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Early-stage equity opportunity at a well-funded, high-growth company.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work at the cutting edge of enterprise AI automation with a team with backgrounds at top-tier tech, consulting, and engineering organisations.</p></li></ul><h3>Location</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Primary location:</strong> Munich, Bavaria, Germany — on-site.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Significant travel across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH region) is a core part of the role.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Visa sponsorship is <strong>not available</strong>; candidates must have the right to work in Germany.</p></li></ul><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>