Forward-Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer w/ Back-End Focus
Viaduct · Slovenia / Remote
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 79 days Viaduct's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Viaduct's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Viaduct
- high 6 stale, 0 reposted of 7 open
- Hiring momentum
- 10 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Viaduct's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Viaduct.
About this role
As a Forward-Deployed Engineer with a backend focus, you will work on building and maintaining robust systems for real AI use cases in manufacturing. Your role involves taking ownership of projects from design to implementation, collaborating closely with a senior architect, and mentoring less experienced engineers. You will be part of a fast-paced team that values engineering best practices and aims to deliver impactful solutions in production environments.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Viaduct as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years working as back-end engineer
- Proficient in Python and Go
- Strong SQL skills with comfort in data querying and exploration
- Experience owning a project from design to implementation
- Execution ability to drive progress under tight deadlines
- Self-motivated and with a bias towards action
Nice to have
- Leadership skills to attract, retain, and influence talented team members
- Comfort mentoring less experienced engineers
- Expertise in building and managing large-scale batch or real-time data pipelines
- Expertise in developing, monitoring, and iterating on production machine learning models
- Expertise in deploying and maintaining cloud infrastructure
What you get
- Competitive base salary
- Short-term incentive (annual bonus)
- Long-term incentive (long-term upside)
- Flexible work site (Ljubljana office and/or work from home)
Worth weighing
- 0-20% travel with significant occasional international travel component
- Focus on security and privacy responsibilities may add complexity to the role
Summarised from Viaduct's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Viaduct on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.