Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Key Responsibilities

Work directly with enterprise customers to understand their IP, R&D, innovation, or strategic intelligence workflows.

Translate customer pain points into actionable AI solution designs and delivery plans.

Configure and deploy AI Agent workflows, Skills, dashboards, reports, and automation processes.

Build customer-facing demos and prototypes using Patsnap’s AI-native product ecosystem.

Support proof-of-concept projects, testing, feedback collection, and iteration.

Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and Solution Consulting teams.

Identify reusable customer requirements and convert them into standardised Skills or product enhancements.

Ensure delivery quality, data compliance, and documentation throughout engagements.

Requirements

Experience in solution engineering, technical consulting, product delivery, implementation, or customer-facing engineering roles.

Strong hands-on ability with AI tools, automation workflows, data analysis, or prototype building.

Understanding of enterprise software, SaaS platforms, APIs, workflow automation, or AI Agent concepts.

Strong communication skills and stakeholder management capabilities.

Business-level English and Japanese preferred for Japan-facing roles.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in IP, patent intelligence, R&D intelligence, legal tech, innovation management, or enterprise AI solutions.

Experience with AI Agents, LLM applications, prompt engineering, workflow orchestration, or no-code/low-code tools.

Technical background in software engineering, data science, or related fields.

What Success Looks Like

Customers can see a working prototype using their own business context within a short delivery cycle.

AI workflows are embedded into the customer’s existing processes.

Customer-specific needs are converted into reusable product capabilities or Skills.

Delivery outcomes are measurable and directly useful to decision-making.

Why Join Patsnap

At Patsnap, we are building AI-native solutions that help companies transform how they manage IP, R&D, innovation, and strategic intelligence. As an FDE, you will play a key role in turning AI capabilities into real customer outcomes — delivering usable results, not just software access.