Forward Deployed Engineer
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A Forward Deployed Engineer at Validio embeds with large enterprise customers to design, build, and own production data pipelines and integrations on the Validio platform, acting as both an engineer and trusted advisor to solve complex data quality and lineage problems.
About this role
Validio is the agentic data management platform that automates data quality, lineage, and cataloging — so enterprises can finally trust the data behind their analytics, AI, and reporting. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you're who we send in when the problem is hardest and the customer matters most. You'll embed with our largest customers and make Validio work in the reality of their data.
Part engineer, part trusted advisor — you'll design and build production-grade solutions on Validio, own deployments end to end, and turn what you learn on the ground into a better product.
What you'll do
Embed with our biggest customers to solve their hardest data problems
Design and build production data pipelines and integrations on Validio
Own deployments from kickoff through to a stable, adopted solution
Work shoulder-to-shoulder with Customer Success and Engineering
Turn customer reality into product feedback and reusable solutions
What you'll bring
A strong engineering background (data engineering, backend, or similar)
Fluency with the modern data stack, and especially SQL
Comfort in front of customers, translating between their teams and ours
An ownership mindset — you scope, build, and ship with autonomy
Bonus points for
Experience with data quality, observability, or governance
A consulting, solutions, or forward-deployed background
Time spent in a startup or scale-up
Why Validio
Founded in Sweden in 2019, we're trusted by data-driven enterprises like Nordea, Canva, and Truecaller. Data quality is becoming the foundation everything else — analytics, AI, agents — is built on, and we're defining that category. You'll do the highest-impact technical work there is — making trusted data real inside the world's most demanding enterprises.
Come as you are. We hire for what you'll build with us, and we welcome applicants of every background.
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