Forward Deployed Engineer, Internal Data Products

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with business leaders and construction teams to comprehend workflows.

• Clarify unclear needs and establish requirements along with measurable outcomes.

• Design and develop internal applications, automations, and data products.

• Engage with user interfaces, application logic, databases, and APIs as necessary.

• Rapidly prototype and validate solutions in collaboration with users.

• Select practical strategies utilizing AI-assisted coding, traditional development, low-code tools, and existing technologies.

• Partner with Data & Integration Engineering to link applications to regulated enterprise and project data.

• Take ownership of the delivery process from discovery to deployment, encompassing testing and documentation.

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and manage technical dependencies and blockers.

• Assess adoption rates and business impact.

• Enhance solutions based on user feedback.

• Transform successful tools into reusable capabilities across various teams, projects, and regions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two (2) years of relevant software engineering experience, or proven equivalency of experience and/or education.

• Hands-on experience in building and deploying applications, automations, or data products utilized by actual users.

• Strong ownership of project delivery and improvements.

• Experience in working directly with non-technical stakeholders to grasp business needs and convert them into technical requirements.

• Proficiency in at least one contemporary programming language, such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or Java.

• Practical knowledge of SQL, relational databases, and APIs for constructing integrated applications.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.

• Capability to understand, debug, and validate generated code.

• Adherence to sound practices in version control, testing, secure data and secrets management, and deployment.

• Sponsorship for U.S. work authorization is unavailable.

• Preferred: experience in construction, engineering, infrastructure, or a similar project-based operational setting.

• Preferred: knowledge in staffing, utilization, project controls, or field workflows.

• Preferred: experience in replacing spreadsheet-driven processes with internal applications or automation.

• Preferred: experience in a startup or small-team environment characterized by rapid prototyping, broad ownership, and close collaboration with users.

• Preferred: experience in scaling prototypes or team-level applications into robust solutions utilized across multiple teams, projects, or locations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.

• Paid time off.

• Leaves of absence.

• Optional benefits and perks.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Resources for well-being.

• Employee assistance program.

• Business travel insurance.

• Recognition awards for service.

• Retirement savings plan.

• Employee stock purchase program.

• Award-winning training and development initiatives.

• In-person onboarding from Day 1 at an AECOM office location.