Forward Deployed Engineer, Data

Job overview

The Forward Deployed Engineer, Data role is onsite in Los Angeles, California, and pays $150,000–$190,000 per year. First Resonance builds ION Factory OS, software that supports next-generation manufacturing and hardware development. The engineer turns fragmented customer manufacturing data into reliable, production-grade data products and pipelines. Working directly with customer data, manufacturing, and IT teams, the role leads discovery through deployment and operational handoff, then converts successful implementations into reusable platform improvements.

What you'll do

• Lead customer discovery, requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, launch, documentation, and handoff
• build data pipelines across customer systems
• model manufacturing operations
• establish validation, observability, lineage, access controls, and recovery practices
• turn deployments into reusable tools and platform improvements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

forward deployed engineer

data engineering

los angeles ca

first resonance

full-time

$150k–$190k/year

python

sql

data pipelines

manufacturing data

customer-facing engineering

ion factory os

paid parental leave

stock options

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• paid parental leave
• employee stock option plan
• paid holidays and sick days
• flexible Friday and PTO
• 401(k).

Why this role

The posting seeks five or more years building production data systems and strong Python and SQL skills. Benefits include health insurance, paid parental leave, stock options, paid holidays and sick days, flexible Friday and PTO, and 401(k).

About the employer

First Resonance is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.