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ManagerFull-timeAPI
Salary Range
$163,200 - $220,800 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
HackerRank is scaling its Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) function globally and is hiring a Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (Global) to set the strategy, standards, and execution bar for this team. This is a hands-on leadership role that involves leading the global FDE function and partnering with regional GMs in EMEA and APAC.
Key Responsibilities
- →Lead, coach, and grow a team of FDEs that lead customer engagements (pre- and post-sales) to define and deliver solutions.
- →Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to shape solutions that solve real customer problems.
- →Work with Product and Engineering to incorporate customer-specific solutions into the product roadmap.
- →Provide hands-on technical leadership across APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities.
- →Elevate how we run demos, proofs of concept, and onsite engagements.
- →Build repeatable playbooks, delivery standards, and best practices to move fast at scale.
Requirements
- ✓A seasoned technical leader with 8+ years in engineering, solutions engineering, or technical delivery, and 2+ years leading high-performing technical teams.
- ✓Obsessed with operating alongside the team, reviewing designs, challenging assumptions, and stepping in when problems get ambiguous or high-stakes.
- ✓Highly experienced in leading customer-facing technical teams where success depends on credibility, clarity, and execution, not scripts or handoffs.
- ✓Fluent across engineering and business contexts, you can debate architecture with engineers and align outcomes with sales, product, and customer leaders.
- ✓Excellent presenter and communicator who can modulate the message across both technical and non-technical audiences.
