# Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Customer Facing Software & AI

Job Title: Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Customer Facing Software & AI About the Role Are you a hands-on Software Engineer who loves solving complex problems and delivering measurable impacts for clients? As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you’ll work directly with strategic customers to design, build, and deploy innovative software and AI solutions. You will act as the technical face of our company, bridging the gap between deep technical engineering and customer-centric business value. What You’ll Do Solution Architecture: Lead architecture and design decisions for end-to-end solutions spanning backend, frontend, data pipelines, and AI/ML models. Production Engineering: Develop production-grade applications that transform data into actionable insights for enterprise users. Client Engagement: Collaborate closely with client teams-from Engineers to Executives-to deeply understand their unique business challenges. Framework & Collaboration: Partner with internal teams to ensure seamless solution delivery while contributing to reusable frameworks and best engineering practices. What We’re Looking For Full-Stack Engineering: Strong software engineering skills across backend

- **Id**: 2909670
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/koantek-forward-deployed-engineer-fde-customer-facing-software-ai>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chandler, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-06-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T17:29:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 154
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1896
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics & BI Consulting, Data Engineering & Migration Services

## Company

- **Id**: 3800091
- **Name**: Koantek
- **Domain**: koantek.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/koantek>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Zoho Recruit

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 68
- **Open postings**: 34
- **Ghost share**: 0.529
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 94000
- **Max usd**: 211000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 4589

## Technologies

- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Scala** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes
- **TypeScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 154

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-20T09:18:28Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 4
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.154
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 154
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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