Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Who we are

Typeform is a refreshingly different form builder. We help over 150,000 businesses collect the data they need with forms, surveys, and quizzes that people enjoy. Designed to look striking and feel effortless to fill out, Typeform drives 500 million responses every year—and integrates with essential tools like Slack, Zapier, and Hubspot.

About the team

Typeform is a leading provider of interactive forms, surveys, and data collection experiences. We help businesses create more engaging ways to collect, manage, and understand data.

This team sits at the intersection of our go-to-market and product organizations, working directly with enterprise customers to validate use cases, accelerate strategic opportunities, and shape how our products evolve through real-world customer engagement.

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the gap between our enterprise customers and our product, building prototypes for strategic opportunities that accelerate sales cycles and inform product development.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on direct customer engagement and enjoys turning ambiguous enterprise requirements into working software—fast. You'll build prototypes, support high-value enterprise deals, and translate customer needs into insights that directly shape our product roadmap.

You'll partner closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to validate customer use cases, deliver solutions in the field, and feed learnings back into how we build.

Things you will do

Build and deliver prototypes for strategic enterprise opportunities, accelerating sales cycles and de-risking deals

Engage directly with enterprise customers to understand their requirements, workflows, and technical environments

Support enterprise deals as the technical bridge between customer needs and product capabilities

Translate customer requirements into clear technical specifications and actionable product insights

Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to feed field learnings into the product roadmap

Validate customer use cases for new product initiatives through hands-on prototyping and iteration

Identify reusable patterns across customer engagements and drive their productization

Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across Sales, Product, Engineering, and customer organizations

Work on ongoing field engineering initiatives, including:

Prototype delivery for strategic enterprise opportunities

New product launch support and customer validation

Productization of successful prototype concepts

Establishing scalable Forward Deployed Engineering practices

Participate in architecture and solution discussions, contributing practical, customer-informed engineering perspectives

What you already bring to the table

Strong fullstack engineering experience, with the ability to build and ship working solutions quickly

Solid experience designing and working with APIs and integrating across systems

Experience with cloud platforms and modern application architecture

Experience working directly with enterprise customers and navigating their technical requirements

Strong sense of ownership and the ability to drive projects independently from ambiguity to delivery

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and business stakeholders

Customer-focused mindset, with genuine curiosity about customer problems and workflows

Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where priorities evolve

Strong collaboration skills across Sales, Product, and Engineering functions

Extra awesome

Previous experience in a Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or similar customer-facing technical role

Experience working in a product led SaaS company

Exposure to AI/LLM technologies and building AI-powered solutions

Experience working in startup or high-growth environments

Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

*Typeform drives hundreds of millions of interactions each year, enabling conversational, human-centered experiences across the globe. We move as one team , empowering our collective efforts by valuing each individual’s unique perspective. This fosters strong bonds grounded in respect, transparency, and trust. We champion our diverse customer base by anticipating their needs and addressing their challenges with priority. Committed to excellence, we hold high expectations for ourselves and each other, continuously striving to deliver exceptional results.

We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and stand firmly against discrimination and harassment of any kind—whether based on race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Everyone is welcome here.