Senior Field Engineer – Pre-Sales, Forward Deployed

Job Description:

• Partner with Account Executives to prioritize strategic opportunities and act as the technical lead for complex engagements
• Move clients from high-level strategy to live, functioning Cognite solutions through Fast AI Prototyping via Cognite Atlas AI™ and Cognite Data Fusion®
• Lead the design and implementation of industrial agents using the Atlas AI workbench
• Automate complex industrial workflows with scalable, technically feasible solutions grounded in the Industrial Knowledge Graph
• Lead use case workshops and briefings
• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into deliverable high-level use cases
• Deliver client-focused demos and reference architectures demonstrating Industrial AI ROI
• Translate field friction and deployment learnings into product requirements and scalable best practices
• Design scalable architectures unifying siloed IT/OT/ET data using Cognite Data Fusion®
• Build end-to-end prototypes integrating GenAI components, CDF data models, and legacy customer systems
• Act as a bridge between field teams and Cognite’s Product organization

Requirements:

• 3+ years in forward deployed engineering/pre-sales engineering roles, ideally in enterprise SaaS, cloud platforms, or industrial software companies
• Strong engineering background
• A strong foundation in Python and a deep understanding of the GenAI landscape (embeddings, RAG, and prompt chaining)
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability and interest to travel up to 50% as needed
• Education or experience in the industrial space is preferred
• Previous customer facing or sales experience is preferred
• Experience with real-world industrial data variables is preferred
• Experience with Cognite Data Fusion® and Agentic AI is preferred

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Competitive health, dental, vision & disability coverages for employees and all dependents
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Employee Referral Program