Junior Applied Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Monte Carlo
US
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward early-career engineers comfortable with rapid prototyping and customer-facing technical work in AI/data environments.

Best fit for

  • Junior engineers who thrive in unstructured, customer-driven development cycles.
    — “prototype solutions, conduct rapid field testing, and relay what they learn
  • Technically versatile candidates with production deployment experience in enterprise settings.
    — “built things that actually ran in production at someone else's company
  • AI practitioners who can operationalize concepts beyond theoretical familiarity.
    — “you've shipped something with it

Things to consider

  • High autonomy expected — no fully defined processes provided.
    — “need a fully defined process before you can ship
  • Direct customer contact is integral, not optional.
    — “this is not for you if you want to work on internal tooling with no customer contact

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific instances where you debugged live integrations under time pressure.
    — “debug integrations when they break in the field
  • Demonstrate how you've translated customer needs into technical solutions.
    — “translate those conversations into working prototypes
  • Highlight rapid iteration experience with measurable outcomes.
    — “ship fast, validate fast, iterate fast
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Junior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Prototype integrations and connectors based on real customer requests
  • Conduct rapid field testing in customer environments
  • Relay learnings back to Engineering
Typical background
Technical role with deployment or integration work in customer or enterprise environments

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonSQLREST ApisCustomer-facing Technical RolesField Engineering

Preferred

AI ToolingCommunication Skills

Stack & domain

PythonSQLRest ApisCommunicationAI

About the role

Original posting from Monte Carlo via Ashby

About Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo is the agent trust platform that unifies data and agent observability to monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production AI systems. As enterprises prepare to deploy thousands of agents across business-critical use cases, Monte Carlo provides the reliability infrastructure to support them along this AI transformation, from human-guided agents to fully autonomous operations. Founded in 2019 and backed by leading investors, Monte Carlo empowers data and AI teams to ship trusted AI at scale. Learn more at montecarlodata.com http://montecarlodata.com.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The FDE team at Monte Carlo is a small, rapid-prototyping unit in the field. The team handles customer-specific technical integration requests without constraining the core product roadmap — FDEs prototype solutions, conduct rapid field testing, and relay what they learn back to Engineering and Product.

THE ROLE

This is a field engineering role for someone who can sit across from a customer, understand what they're trying to build, and go write it. You'll prototype integrations and connectors based on real customer requests, conduct rapid field testing in live environments, and relay what you learn back to Engineering so the best solutions make it into the core product. You're the link between what customers need today and what Monte Carlo ships tomorrow.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Meet with customers to understand their technical requirements, data environments, and integration gaps — then translate those conversations into working prototypes
  • Build integrations and connectors tailored to customer data stacks (Snowflake, Databricks, Salesforce, and others) using Python, SQL, and REST APIs
  • Run rapid field testing in customer environments — ship fast, validate fast, iterate fast
  • Document what you learn and relay it back to Engineering: what customers are asking for, what worked, what didn't, and why
  • Work alongside senior FDEs to hand off proven solutions that can scale into the core product
  • Become a trusted technical contact for your customers — someone they loop in early, not after something breaks

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Field-Facing Engineering Experience

1–3 years in a technical role where you owned deployment or integration work in customer or enterprise environments — implementation engineering, integration engineering, applied engineering, or similar. You've built things that actually ran in production at someone else's company.

Python, SQL, and APIs

Hands-on with Python and SQL. Comfortable working with REST APIs in real environments, not just in tutorials. You know how to debug integrations when they break in the field.

AI Fluency

Current on where AI tooling is heading and has applied it in actual work. You're not just familiar with the concepts — you've shipped something with it.

Communication That Closes the Loop

Strong written and verbal communication. You'll document customer needs, brief Engineering regularly, and be the person customers trust to translate technical complexity into something actionable.

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF

  • You want to work on internal tooling with no customer contact
  • You need a fully defined process before you can ship
  • Your idea of field work is joining a call and writing a summary
  • You're looking for a support role — this is a build role

WHY MONTE CARLO

  • You'll see your work in the product: Integrations you prototype in the field directly inform what Engineering builds next — no gap between what you learn and what ships
  • Real scope, early in your career: Small team, live customer deployments from day one — not a shadow program or a rotation
  • The space is growing: Every enterprise deploying agents needs reliability infrastructure underneath — Monte Carlo is building that layer
  • Direct line to Engineering: What you learn in the field goes directly to the people who can act on it
  • Built to grow: Integrations engineering + field experience + AI fluency is a rare combination; you'll leave with all three
  • Competitive compensation, equity, and a remote-first environment.

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Come As You Are

Equality is a core tenet of Monte Carlo's culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. 

Monte Carlo is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are proud to be recognized for our world-class employee experience:

Monte Carlo Named 2025 Databricks Data Governance Partner of the Year https://www.montecarlodata.com/blog-2025-databricks-data-governance-partner-of-the-year/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

We were recently recognized as the #1 Data Observability Platform by G2 for the 4th consecutive quarter. See our G2 reviews here! https://www.g2.com/reports/grid-report-for-data-observability-spring-2025.embed?featured=monte-carlo&secure%5Bgated_consumer%5D=7d02ec0a-326a-40fa-8a44-fab49f67c5f1&secure%5Btoken%5D=6b3c29d18ea50ae0005295b5c63994f97c01cae81bbd3f9ea6abff73c40fde51&utm_campaign=gate-2063400

Monte Carlo Named to G2's Best Software Products of 2026 https://www.montecarlodata.com/blog-monte-carlo-g2-best-software-product-of-2026/

Monte Carlo was featured on Database Trends and Applications (DBTA’s) Trend-Setting Products for 2025! https://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/Trend-Setting-Products-in-Data-and-Information-Management-for-2025-167115.aspx

We are super proud to be named the 2026 Best Place to Work by Built In! https://builtin.com/awards/us/2026/best-places-to-work

Beware of Imposter Recruiters and Job Scams

  • All official communication from our recruiting team will come from an @montecarlodata.com http://montecarlodata.com email address.
  • We will never ask candidates to provide sensitive personal information (such as bank details, social security numbers, or payment) at any stage of the recruitment process.
  • We will never request payment for equipment, training, or application processing.
  • Our open positions are always listed on our official careers page: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/montecarlodata.

If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent Monte Carlo but you’re unsure of their legitimacy, please reach out to us directly at recruiting@montecarlodata.com before sharing any personal information.

Source: Monte Carlo careers (Ashby)

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