Architect / Forward Deployed Engineer, Fractal
Cogentiq
$127.5-150k
More information about location
5 days a week in office
AI-driven data analytics platform
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AI-driven data analytics platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$127.5-150k
More information about location
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reshape business through science and advanced data tools and uncomplicate decision-making, so human intelligence can be freed from the drudgery of monotonous work and committed to the pursuit of imagination and creative rewards.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in building production-grade backend applications, REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Proficient in working with databases, Git, and modern software development practices
- Proficient in Python
- Experience in Java or TypeScript being a plus
- Hands-on experience building AI-powered applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI frameworks, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), tool calling, prompt engineering, and AI evaluation techniques
- Experience with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and modern AI orchestration frameworks is highly desirable
- Experience integrating enterprise applications and platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Snowflake, Databricks, and other business systems
- Experience with enterprise integration patterns, API-first architectures, authentication mechanisms such as OAuth, JWT, and SAML, and are proficient working with SQL, REST, and GraphQL APIs
- Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud using Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, event-driven architectures, messaging platforms, observability, monitoring, and security best practices required to build reliable enterprise platforms
- Experience working directly with customers, understanding their business challenges and translating them into elegant technical solutions
- Communicating effectively with both technical and business stakeholders and are comfortable leading architecture discussions and technical workshops and thrive in environments where requirements evolve rapidly
- Experience in ownership of outcomes, learn quickly, prototype rapidly, and continuously look for opportunities to transform customer-specific solutions into reusable platform capabilities
- We're looking for engineers who enjoy solving real customer problems, not just implementing predefined tickets
- You should be equally comfortable writing production-grade code, designing enterprise integrations, collaborating with customer teams, and shaping the future of the Cogentiq platform
- If you're excited about building enterprise-grade AI systems that create meaningful business impact, we'd love to hear from you
What the job involves
- We are looking for Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) to join the founding Cogentiq team
- As an FDE, you will work at the intersection of software engineering, AI, enterprise integration, and customer success
- You will partner closely with enterprise customers to understand their business challenges, design AI-powered solutions, build production-grade integrations, and deploy Cogentiq into complex enterprise environments
- Beyond customer implementations, you'll help shape the evolution of the Cogentiq platform by transforming deployment learnings into reusable platform capabilities, connectors, and best practices
- This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving ambiguous, real-world problems, thrive in fast-paced environments, and are excited to build the next generation of Enterprise AI
- Design and develop production-grade AI applications using the Cogentiq platform
- Deploy enterprise AI solutions from proof of concept to production
- Build integrations with enterprise applications such as SAP, Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Snowflake, Databricks, and other business systems
- Develop reusable connectors, APIs, SDKs, MCP servers, and automation components
- Design secure, scalable, cloud-native architectures and build reliable backend services and microservices
- Collaborate directly with customer engineering and business teams to understand requirements, conduct technical workshops, and deliver successful AI solutions
- Troubleshoot production deployments, optimize system performance, and ensure reliability and security
- Capture learnings from customer deployments and contribute reusable capabilities back to the Cogentiq platform
- Work closely with AI engineers, platform engineers, product managers, and solution architects to continuously improve the platform
Application process
- End Date: October 31, 2026
Our take
The analysis of business data is essential in making operational changes based on forecasting, managing supply chains, and optimizing revenue, but the mass of available data can be overwhelming. This can sometimes be combated with the power of AI-driven data analysis tools, but existing solutions are usually designed to solve specific problems within specialized industries.
Fractal develops AI-driven tools and platforms for businesses, including a conversational AI platform called Senseforth, a revenue growth AI tool called Samya, AI algorithms for medical imaging named Qure, and an all-in-one data analytics platform called Crux Intelligence. The company develops its solutions to be flexible and applicable within a wide range of industries including consumer packaged goods, healthcare, financial services, and media.
Whilst AI-driven business tools are commonplace, Fractal has taken the smart approach of developing a suite of flexible AI tools that can tackle problems in many industries, as opposed to focusing on a specific problem or industry. This strategy has positioned the company well for continued growth and impact, reflecting its broad applicability and potential in the market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$360m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2019
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $685m
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
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Leadership
Pranay Agrawal
(Co-Founder, CEO & EVP of Global Client Development)Pranay co-founded Fractal in 2001, serving as EV of Global Client Development since then and CEO since 2016.
Srikanth Velamakanni
(Co-Founder, Group Chief Executive & Executive Vice Chairman)After co-founding Fractal, Srikanth served as the CEO until moving into the role of Group Chief Executive & Executive Vice Chairman. He is also a Vice Chairperson at nasscom, Non Executive Chairman at ideaForge and co-founder & Trustee at Plaksha University.
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