Head of Forward-Deployed Engineering
Posted 1 day 1 hour ago by Stratos
While leading a major division at a Fortune 500 chemicals manufacturing company, our founders developed a systematic approach for turning the managerial playbook of strategy development and execution management into an analytics product. This unified multiple datasets into one platform, allowing hundreds of users to pinpoint the business's key needs. After years of enhancing business performance with a combination of consulting, data, and software skills, they realized they had begun to invent a new product category: the Strategy Operating System. It became clear that the techniques they had developed could be scaled out to dozens of B2B companies and enable them to significantly improve performance by making long-term decisions based on accurate data.
Now, two years into our journey, we are scaling up. With an expanding customer portfolio and product, we are looking for a Head of Forward-Deployed Engineering to join our growing team in London. You will report directly to the CPO and play a pivotal role in deploying STRATOS to clients. Our tech stack includes a Palantir Foundry data model, Next.JS for the middleware API, and a Next.JS React frontend deployed using Vercel and GitHub Actions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of forward-deployed engineers to ensure seamless deployment of STRATOS for all clients.
- Drive projects with customers, ensuring the STRATOS platform delivers exceptional value.
- Collaborate with the commercial and product development teams to align customer needs with the technology roadmap.
- Play an active role to shape the STRATOS product roadmap
- Competitive salary and stock options to share in the success of our growth.
- Pension contributions and comprehensive benefits.
- A collaborative and supportive startup culture where you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference across the business, product, and team.
- Strong progression opportunities as we scale, including future mentoring and leadership roles.
- A modern, central London office with barista-quality coffee, weekly team drinks, and dinners.
- A company committed to positive impact - we pledge to be net-zero in CO2 emissions and donate 1% of revenue to social impact causes.
- Further benefits as we continue to grow.
- 5+ years in forward-deployed, client-facing software engineering roles within startups or tech companies.
- Leadership experience, ideally managing teams of engineers.
- Startup experience or a desire to thrive in a fast-growing, dynamic environment.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and manage customer expectations.
- A passion for early-stage startup life and the challenges it presents.
- Self-motivated, with a drive to help STRATOS reach its full potential.
- Proven experience in B2B software deployment with Palantir Foundry as a plus.
- Prior software experience in the building industry