Forward Deployed Engineer

Tabs
New York, US
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 2+ years of Python experience and thrive in ambiguous, customer-facing technical roles.

Best fit for

  • Technical problem solver comfortable with Python and React in customer projects.
    — “Build customer-specific solutions in Python & React”
  • Self-starter who excels in ambiguous environments without perfect requirements.
    — “thrives in ambiguity and can move forward without perfect requirements”
  • Systems thinker adept at debugging production issues and edge cases.
    — “reason about data flows, integrations, edge cases, and failure modes”

Things to consider

  • Must handle end-to-end project delivery from scoping to launch.
    — “Own delivery of customer projects end-to-end”
  • Requires working in client-facing contexts with cross-functional teams.
    — “Strong cross-functional communicator with experience working in client-facing contexts”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with APIs and operational tooling in customer solutions.
    — “working across APIs, data, and operational tooling”
  • Demonstrate prior success in debugging live customer environments.
    — “Experience debugging production issues or working in live customer environments”
  • Show examples of creative problem-solving with flexible workflows.
    — “Develop creative solutions by combining Tabs’ APIs with flexible workflows”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

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

What success looks like

  • delivered customer projects
  • developed creative solutions
Typical background
Masters in Computer ScienceBachelors in Finance

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonReactApisTechnical Problem-solving

Preferred

SQLGitHubFde-style Work

Stack & domain

PythonReactApisInternal SystemsCustom WorkflowsData FlowsIntegrationsEdge CasesFailure ModesSQLGitHubSoftware DevelopmentProduction IssuesCustomer-stack InvestigationFinanceAccountingB2b Operations WorkflowsAdvanced Spreadsheet SkillsProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipPragmatismResourcefulnessAIRevenue ManagementContract-to-cash LifecycleBillingCollectionsAsc 606 Compliance

About the role

Original posting from Tabs via Ashby

Tabs is the AI Operating System for Revenue, built for modern finance and accounting teams. It combines deep revenue and accounting expertise with the agents and applications needed to run revenue work end to end. Tabs understands customer and contract context, applies accounting logic, and executes critical workflows with built in controls, auditability, and human oversight. With Tabs, finance teams can move from manually managing revenue workflows to directing outcomes while the system executes the work.

About the Role

Tabs is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to join a highly visible team that designs and delivers custom workflows, features, and integrations for our highest-value customers. You'll serve as the connective tissue between customers and product, translating complex requirements into clear solutions while partnering with implementation, customer success, product, and engineering to own the path from scoping through launch. This role sits at the intersection of go-live and long-term adoption, and the solutions you deliver often shape the core product roadmap. You'll work cross-functionally with GTM, Implementation, and Customer Success, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to surface patterns and escalate gaps based on real customer needs.

What You’ll Do

  • Own delivery of customer projects end-to-end (scoping → launch), across a range of sizes and urgency
  • Act as a mini-PM: clarify requirements, define scope, and drive execution across stakeholders
  • Build customer-specific solutions in Python & React, using Tabs’ APIs and internal systems to deliver custom workflows
  • Develop creative solutions by combining Tabs’ APIs with flexible workflows and lightweight tooling
  • Operate in an FDE-style capacity when needed, including investigating customer environments/tools and resolving customer-impacting issues cross-functionally
  • Unblock yourself through independent discovery and communicate clearly on priorities, timelines, risks, and customer impact

Who You Are:

  • A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and can move forward without perfect requirements or detailed specs
  • Resourceful and pragmatic - you gather context quickly, make reasonable assumptions, and unblock progress
  • A creative problem solver who balances speed and quality when delivering customer-facing solutions
  • Technical and systems-minded, with strong instincts for how components interact and where edge cases live
  • Product-oriented and impact-driven - you care about shipping outcomes that work for real users and customers

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of experience and strong working knowledge of Python, with experience using it to build and support production workflows and internal tools
  • Strong systems thinking, including the ability to reason about data flows, integrations, edge cases, and failure modes
  • Comfort working across APIs, data, and operational tooling to deliver reliable customer-facing functionality
  • Ability to scope and drive delivery end-to-end: clarify requirements, define technical approach, and execute in ambiguity
  • Strong cross-functional communicator with experience working in client-facing contexts

Nice to Have:

  • Familiarity with SQL (or confidence picking it up quickly)
  • Familiarity with Github and software development approach
  • Experience debugging production issues or working in live customer environments
  • Prior customer-facing technical experience (solutions, implementation, support, etc.)
  • Exposure to Field / Forward-Deployed (FDE) style work and customer-stack investigation
  • (e.g., CRMs/ERPs/Datawarehouses like Salesforce, Quickbooks, Snowflake)
  • Advanced spreadsheet skills (Google Sheets / Excel) and/or familiarity with finance, accounting, or B2B operations workflows

PERKS AND BENEFITS (FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES)

  • Competitive compensation and equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Up to 100% employer covered monthly healthcare premium (medical, dental, vision)
  • Lunch provided via Sharebite, plus dinner for any later in office days.
  • Parental leave up to 12 weeks
  • Tax free commuter and parking benefits
  • Voluntary insurances (Life, Hospital, Critical Illness, Accident)
  • Employee Assistance Program (Rightway)
  • Free One Medical Membership
  • 401k

Tabs is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome teammates of all identities and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can grow, contribute, and feel comfortable being themselves.

Source: Tabs careers (Ashby)

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