# Forward Deployed Engineer - Company: [Clera]() - Location: Munich - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Salary: €90K – €200K - Posted: August 26, 2026 ## Job description ### About the Role This is a high-ownership engineering role at a Y Combinator–backed AI startup automating inside sales workflows for distributors and manufacturers. You'll be the technical bridge between product and customer — taking deals from sales handoff all the way to live deployment, and feeding real-world signal back into the core product. ### What You'll Do * Own the full technical implementation lifecycle from sales handoff through go-live. * Configure and fine-tune AI models for customer-specific use cases, including prompt engineering and model behavior adjustments. * Structure customer data and build system integrations with ERP platforms (e.g. SAP) and various REST/GraphQL APIs. * Develop prototypes to demonstrate new features or solve emerging customer problems, then evolve them into scalable solutions. * Engage daily with technical teams and senior business stakeholders to translate real pain points into engineering decisions. * Act as the voice of the customer internally, surfacing product gaps and patterns to the core engineering team. ### What We're Looking For * Native fluency in German (required). * Strong full-stack engineering skills across Python, React, TypeScript, SQL, and API development — comfortable spanning frontend, backend, and data pipelines. * Experience with enterprise system integrations, including ERP systems and REST/GraphQL APIs, webhooks, or B2B SaaS implementations. * Practical experience with LLMs, agents, and prompt engineering, with the ability to adapt model behavior to specific domains. * Proven ability to work with messy, inconsistent real-world data and establish reliable structures quickly. * Customer-obsessed approach — thrives at the intersection of engineering, product, and live customer environments. * High agency: proactively identifies problems and drives solutions with minimal direction. * Strong communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. * Comfortable with ambiguity, legacy systems, and a scrappy, problem-solving mindset. ### Compensation & Benefits Salary range: **€90,000 – €200,000** annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. ### Location On-site in **Munich, Germany**. Relocation to Munich is required. ## Apply [Apply on Clera]() Canonical job page: