Forward Deployed Engineer

Validio is the agentic data management platform that automates data quality, lineage, and cataloging — so enterprises can finally trust the data behind their analytics, AI, and reporting. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you're who we send in when the problem is hardest and the customer matters most. You'll embed with our largest customers and make Validio work in the reality of their data.

Part engineer, part trusted advisor — you'll design and build production-grade solutions on Validio, own deployments end to end, and turn what you learn on the ground into a better product.

What you'll do

Embed with our biggest customers to solve their hardest data problems

Design and build production data pipelines and integrations on Validio

Own deployments from kickoff through to a stable, adopted solution

Work shoulder-to-shoulder with Customer Success and Engineering

Turn customer reality into product feedback and reusable solutions

What you'll bring

A strong engineering background (data engineering, backend, or similar)

Fluency with the modern data stack, and especially SQL

Comfort in front of customers, translating between their teams and ours

An ownership mindset — you scope, build, and ship with autonomy

Bonus points for

Experience with data quality, observability, or governance

A consulting, solutions, or forward-deployed background

Time spent in a startup or scale-up

Why Validio

Founded in Sweden in 2019, we're trusted by data-driven enterprises like Nordea, Canva, and Truecaller. Data quality is becoming the foundation everything else — analytics, AI, agents — is built on, and we're defining that category. You'll do the highest-impact technical work there is — making trusted data real inside the world's most demanding enterprises.

Come as you are. We hire for what you'll build with us, and we welcome applicants of every background.