At HackerRank, our mission is to change the world to value skills over pedigree. Thousands of companies use our AI-powered platform to hire next-gen developers based on what they can do, not just what’s on their resume. We’ve powered 300M+ code runs and built a global community of 26M+ developers.

We’ve entered a new era of software development where humans and AI build together. This changes everything- from how developers grow to how companies hire and upskill tech talent. We’re embracing this shift head-on and reinventing our products to meet the moment.

We’re a high-performing, mission-driven team that truly, madly, deeply cares about what we do. We don’t see velocity and quality as tradeoffs; both matter. If you take pride in high-impact work and thrive in a driven team, HackerRank is where you belong.

We’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work onsite with our customers, serving as the primary technical presence in customer engagements, leading pilots, demos, and supporting customer evaluation and successful adoption.  This role blends deep customer engagement with technical execution. 

What you’ll do

• Lead customer-facing engagements, including discovery, pilots, and demos, acting as the primary technical voice in front of prospects and customers.  
• Partner onsite with customers, engineers, recruiters, and business leaders to uncover developer needs, listen with empathy, and shape practical, goal-driven solutions.
• Keep customer projects on track through disciplined execution and proactive updates.
• Use the right tools, including AI when useful, to deliver faster, more reliable outcomes that strengthen HackerRank’s customer experience.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to elevate the voice of the customer.

Who you are

• A customer-facing technical lead with enough full-stack depth to configure, debug, and explain web applications, integrations, and generate API scripts as needed (Ruby or Python). 
• Confident leading conversations onsite with prospects and enterprise customers while gathering requirements, shaping technical approaches, and delivering results that drive measurable impact.
• A clear communicator who can go deep with engineers or simplify for non-technical crowds.
• A strong operator who plans, executes, and follows through, keeping projects organized.
• You lead with empathy, energy, and a problem-solver’s mindset.

Even better if you have

• Experience as a software, solutions, or sales engineer working with HR tech, ATS platforms, IDEs, developer tools, API-first or integration-heavy systems.
• A track record of seeing projects through from scoping to delivery, balancing customer needs with technical tradeoffs.

You will thrive in this role if

• You love mixing engineering, consulting, and delivery, owning every step of the journey.
• You want every project to feel like a new challenge.
• You set and uphold high standards for excellence for yourself and those around you.

We work across a modern, scalable tech stack: React, TypeScript, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, and Postgres. Our engineering team builds products that directly impact how developers get discovered, evaluated, and hired globally. We're currently building next-gen developer workflows using AI; think intelligent auto-scoring, AI-powered question generation, and adaptive skill insights. We’re also reimagining core experiences across assessments, interviews, and candidate engagement to make hiring faster, fairer, and more human.