Forward Deployed Engineer, fabriq
€60-90k
More information about location
2 days a week in office
The all-in-one solutions for operational excellence in manufacturing plants
Job no longer available
The all-in-one solutions for operational excellence in manufacturing plants
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
€60-90k
More information about location
2 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To improve the daily operational efficiency of shop floor teams.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years owning technical outcomes end to end, the person accountable for whether it works, not just a contributor
- Engineering background is non-negotiable: software engineering, solution engineering, software architecture, SRE, DevOps, or a similar technical seat. Bonus if you’ve moved into customer-facing technical roles
- You’ve designed systems at scale that others built and depended on in production
- You’ve been in pre-sales conversations where your technical judgment was the deciding factor
- You’ve shipped to a real product codebase, integration capabilities that changed what the platform could do
- Deep familiarity with enterprise integration patterns, authentication protocols, event-driven architectures, on-premise deployment, and the judgment to design under real constraints
- Strong networking and operating system fundamentals; comfortable deploying and operating in Linux and Kubernetes environments, including air-gapped industrial infrastructure
- You write production-grade code across integrations, deployment tooling, and platform extensions
- No specific framework or stack requirements; we care about depth and judgment
- You listen until you find the problem underneath the problem, then you know exactly what it’s worth to solve it
- Proactive by default, you don’t wait for ambiguity to be resolved, you resolve it
- You communicate with precision across technical and non-technical audiences, in writing and in the room
- You keep complex integrations on track across timelines, stakeholders, and competing priorities
- You make the people around you sharper, you share what you learn, you document what works
- Fluent French and English
- Manufacturing experience is a plus. Curiosity about operational environments and the instinct to find where real value lives - that’s what this role runs on
What the job involves
- Most technical roles put you on one side of a wall. Close to the customer, your product insights die in a backlog. Close to the product, the real problems never reach you. Here, there is no wall
- Industrial organizations run complex, layered architectures built over decades. Getting Fabriq to operate inside that reality connected, trusted, and adopted across sites is what this role is built around
- This is an engineering role. You’ll spend time with customers, but you came from a technical seat (SWE, Solution Engineer, Software Architect, SRE, DevOps), and you’ll keep one foot in the codebase. You design integrations, you ship product contributions, you stay close to the system until it runs
- 1. Pre-sales : make technical conversations the reason deals close Work alongside Account Executives on technical sales motion. Demos, security and infra reassurance, integration scoping, mapping prospect environments, removing technical blockers. You’re the engineer in the room when the conversation gets real
- 2. Post-sales : turn integrations into running systems Once a customer signs, you go deep. Workflows, systems, constraints. You derive the use case, design the architecture, and adapt to what the customer actually has (no internal tech team? Route to an integrator or a no-code path). You don’t build their integrations for them, you architect the solution and steer the customer until it runs in production
- 3. Product contribution : the part that defines this role Patterns emerge across accounts. The same platform limit blocking the same category of value. You see it first, qualify the use case and the business value, and you build through it. Direct contribution to the codebase. Right now, that means deep involvement in our API rebuild, a major project that’s about to reshape how Fabriq integrates with customer ecosystems. The integration capabilities you ship expand what Fabriq can sell, deploy, and deliver
- 4. On-prem deployments (occasional, defense sector) A handful of deployments per year (max 5 over the next 18 months, France and potentially UK) in air-gapped, locked-down environments defense customers. Some deployments require security clearance eligibility
Application process
- Talent screen*(30 min)* - your background, our mission, mutual fit
- Business case*(1h45-2h)* - with the Head of Product Integrations : technico-functional case shared live, you work through it autonomously then we discuss
- Technical interview*(2h)* - with the Head of Technology : system design, code, infra, engineering judgment under real constraints
- Meet the team*(45 min)* - CSM, AE or product, depending on availability
- Co-founders*(45 min)* - vision, long-term goals, alignment on values and ambition
Our take
The increasing dependence on technology for task completion and data gathering across various sectors has reached unprecedented levels. Recognising a notable gap in efficiency within Industrial Groups, Paris-based startup Fabriq has embarked on a mission to develop a platform capable of introducing operational excellence through digital tools.
Fabriq has crafted a backend solution that boasts appealing features, including seamless integration with existing operations platforms, robust data protection measures, and team training modules aimed at optimising manufacturing plant processes. Working closely with factory workers, the company actively gathers insights into the current obstacles hindering day-to-day operations.
Having secured multiple rounds of funding, Fabriq is strategically positioning itself to accelerate the deployment of its solution in France and Europe. Simultaneously, the company is focused on developing new functionalities.. With a successful track record of outfitting over 200 sites across 20 countries, Fabriq's planned expansion marks a significant leap forward in its ongoing growth journey.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2025
$25.1m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jun 2022
$4.6m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $29.6m
Company HQ
Petites Écuries, Paris, France
Leadership
Octave Lapeyronie
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded Caju. They also worked as a Consultant at Bain & Company and as a Business Intelligence Analyst at Rocket Internet.
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