Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Bangalore
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.

Since our public launch, we've crossed $130M in Annualised Revenue and grown to over 10M users across 190+ countries , who have built 12M+ applications on Emergent. We're backed by Creaegis, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Lightspeed, Together, Y Combinator, Google, Claypond and Sentinel Global.

We're solving the hard part of AI-driven software creation: correctness, reliability, security, and scale in real production systems. The team is built by repeat founders, Olympiad medalists, IIT & IIM alumni, and leaders from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.

The Role: We're hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) for the Wingman team, with a backend engineering background and experience building and deploying AI agents. Your key responsibility is developing and deploying numerous AI agents for the Wingman team, working closely with customers and turning real-world challenges into scalable solutions.

  • Level: Senior (4+ years experience) — SDE2/SDE3/Senior SDE profile, startup background preferred
  • Location: Bangalore (Work From Office, 5 days/week)
  • Headcount: 3
  • Target start: 30 October 2026

What You'll Do:

  • Develop and deploy numerous AI agents for the Wingman team
  • Work directly with customers to understand technical and business challenges and turn them into scalable solutions
  • Own projects end-to-end, from requirements to deployment and iteration
  • Debug complex issues across applications, integrations, APIs, and workflows

What We're Looking For:

  • Strong backend engineering background
  • Proven experience building and deploying AI agents in production
  • Startup background strongly preferred
  • Strong ownership mindset with the ability to work independently in ambiguous situations

Interview Process:

  • 2 technical rounds
  • 1 managerial round
  • 1 consultant round

Benefits and Perks:

  1. Daily Meals: Lunch and Dinner provided
  2. Family Insurance: 5 Lakhs worth of coverage for you and your family
  3. Unlimited Paid Time Off
  4. Flexible Working Hours

Let's build the future of software together.

About Emergent

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Job details

Location

Bangalore

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameEmergent
IndustryConsumer

Funding

Total raised

$100M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Y Combinator
Khosla Ventures
SSoftBank
LLightspeed India
Prosus Ventures

Founders

Madhav Jha

Madhav Jha

LinkedIn
Mukund Jha

Mukund Jha

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.