Gen
Gen
5,001 – 10,000 Employees
B2CCybersecurityFintech
Gen is a global consumer technology company operating across cybersecurity, digital privacy, identity protection, and financial wellness. Through brands such as Norton, Avast, LifeLock, and MoneyLion, it helps people protect their devices, identities, personal information, and finances. Its products include threat detection, breach response, online privacy tools, banking features, and embedded finance services through Engine. Gen also invests in AI-driven security and its Gen AI Foundry, focused on building trust for emerging AI applications. The company serves nearly 500 million users across more than 150 countries and has dual headquarters in Prague and Tempe.

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

Lead Gen’s forward-deployed engineering team to build partner integrations and AI-powered tools. Create scalable marketplace solutions for a global cybersecurity and financial wellness company.

Description

  • Set technical direction for demand-side delivery across the partner portfolio
  • Establish standards for Forward Deployed Engineering and Solutions Engineering
  • Create and roll out operating procedures and delivery practices with managers and cross-functional leaders
  • Own complex, ambiguous, and new-vertical integrations from start to finish
  • Convert custom implementations into reusable solutions, such as shared modules, templates, and runbooks
  • Design and oversee AI-enabled engineering practices, including code-generation pipelines, mapping automation, test-scaffolding agents, and human-review checkpoints
  • Coach Forward Deployed Engineers through design discussions and code reviews
  • Use Product and Engineering feedback to reduce the need for future custom work
  • Run technical sessions with partner engineering teams for high-priority integrations and hosted experiences
  • Work with partner engineers, Backend and Frontend Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Product, and commercial teams
  • Complete the interview process, including an online technical assessment, talent acquisition call, virtual live coding, and final hiring-manager interview

Requirements

  • Bring at least 8 years of experience, including senior- or staff-level work in integration, platform, or forward-deployed engineering
  • People management or strong informal team leadership experience is preferred
  • Write production-quality code in Scala and/or Python
  • Work comfortably with Node.js and TypeScript for SDKs and tooling
  • Have deep REST/JSON API expertise spanning authentication, idempotency, schema evolution, versioning, monitoring, and incident response
  • Show a record of creating reusable architecture, tools, or playbooks that increased team output without similar growth in headcount
  • Have experience with AI-native workflows and tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot
  • Be able to lead technical working sessions with partner engineering teams
  • Identify patterns and turn novel solutions into repeatable practices
  • Take ownership of complex, unclear work while balancing strategic leadership with hands-on delivery
  • Build trust and credibility with partners and colleagues across Product, Engineering, Solutions Engineering, and commercial teams
  • Mentor colleagues through design feedback and code review
  • Work from the New York office about three days per week
  • Answer the employment visa sponsorship question for the country where the role is based

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Time off
  • Competitive compensation
  • Employee benefits
  • Well-being programs
  • A workplace that encourages healthy debate, experimentation, and continuous learning

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