Forward Deployed Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Software Engineering role at Tabs. New York · full-time · $100,000–$150,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Take customer projects from initial scoping through launch, adjusting your approach to each project’s size and urgency
- Turn customer needs into clear requirements and technical plans, then coordinate the work across stakeholders
- Build tailored workflows with Python, React, Tabs APIs and internal systems
- Investigate customer environments and fix issues affecting customers, working across teams as needed
- Share progress, risks and customer impact clearly while finding ways to move work forward
What you bring
- At least two years of experience and strong Python skills, including building and supporting production workflows or internal tools
- You can trace data flows, integrations, edge cases and failure scenarios across connected systems
- You can work with APIs, data and operational tools to deliver dependable functionality for customers
- You can scope and deliver work from clarifying needs through choosing an approach and executing amid ambiguity
- You communicate well across teams and have worked directly with clients
Who this fits
This role suits a hands-on engineer who enjoys customer-facing delivery, can work through unclear requirements and is comfortable owning projects from scope to launch. It is based on-site in New York and is a full-time individual contributor role.
From the employer
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.
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