Forward Deployed Engineer (Atlanta, Georgia)

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Shape the Future with TribalScale

TribalScale is a digital innovation firm that helps organizations adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. We partner with clients to build transformative digital products, modernize technology platforms, and apply emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence—to meaningful business challenges.
Our teams work closely with clients from strategy through execution. We value curiosity, ownership, practical innovation, and people who are comfortable turning ambiguity into action.

Our Digital Expertise

• Transformation Experts: We transform traditional business models into agile, AI-powered ecosystems.
• Strategic Visionaries: We navigate the uncharted waters of technological evolution.
• Product Virtuosos: We orchestrate the creation of world-class digital solutions.
• Code Optimizers: We leverage AI to refine and perfect digital systems.

Our Technological Toolkit

• Mobile & Web Development: (iOS, Android, React Native, React, Node.js)
• Voice-Activated Platforms: (Amazon Alexa, Google Home)
• Connected Ecosystems: (Cars and Homes)
• Streaming Platforms: (Roku, Fire TV, Android TV, tvOS)

The TribalScale Professional

You thrive in challenging environments where innovation is key. Your passion for technology is matched only by your drive to redefine its limits. You seek more than a job; you seek a calling—a chance to make a lasting impact on the digital landscape.

The Opportunity

TribalScale is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work at the intersection of software engineering, artificial intelligence, product development, and client delivery.
In this role, you will embed with client and internal teams to understand complex business problems, rapidly design solutions, and deploy production-quality software in real-world environments. You will operate as both a hands-on engineer and a trusted technical partner—translating business needs into working products while helping clients make sound technology decisions.
You will be expected to understand more than models and prompts. You will help design the systems around AI models: the harnesses, agent loops, state graphs, tools, context, evaluations, observability, permissions, and human controls required to make AI applications useful and reliable in production.

This role is ideal for an adaptable engineer who enjoys direct customer interaction, can move comfortably between discovery and delivery, and wants to see their work create immediate, measurable impact.

What You’ll Do

• Partner directly with clients to understand their objectives, workflows, technical environments, data, and operational constraints.
• Translate ambiguous business challenges into clear technical requirements, solution architectures, prototypes, and delivery plans.
• Design and build AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, developer tools, APIs, data pipelines, and full-stack products.
• Engineer the harnesses around AI models, including prompts, too

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es across industries and technology domains.

• Build real products and production systems—not just recommendations or presentations.
• Work directly with clients and see the impact of your decisions.
• Explore emerging approaches to AI, agentic systems, product development, and software delivery.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams that value experimentation and continuous learning.
• Influence both client outcomes and TribalScale’s evolving technical practices.
• Join an environment where ownership, diverse perspectives, and thoughtful innovation are encouraged.

Why Choose TribalScale

At TribalScale, collaboration is at the heart of our innovative approach. We don't simply work for clients; we form partnerships, building transformative solutions that redefine what's possible. Our team, once at the forefront of the mobile revolution, now leads the charge in AI-driven innovation.

We empower each team member to be a catalyst for change, adhering to our principles of meritocracy, empowerment, and transparency. Diversity isn't just celebrated—it's fundamental to our strength. Our mission to "Right the Future" is a call to action to make a significant impact in the world of innovation.

Diversity: Our Collective Strength

TribalScale proudly stands as a beacon of equal opportunity in employment and workplace culture. We are steadfastly committed to equal employment opportunity, transcending the boundaries of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, able-bodiedness, or gender identity.

We not only welcome but actively encourage applications from individuals of all abilities, ages, citizenships, marital statuses, and gender identities. Your unique perspective is the key to our collective innovation.

Should you require any accommodations, we implore you to inform us. Our commitment to inclusivity knows no bounds, and we stand ready to adapt our processes to ensure your comfort and success.