Lead Forward Deployed Engineering

Gen Digital

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$200,000–$240,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
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About Gen Digital

Gen Digital is a US-based consumer cybersecurity company formed by the merger of NortonLifeLock and Avast. It sells identity protection, antivirus, VPN, and privacy software under the Norton, Avast, AVG, Avira, LifeLock, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner brands.

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TL;DR · Lead Forward Deployed Engineering

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The Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering joins the Forward Deployed Engineering function, a partner-embedded team responsible for demand partner integrations and custom development across the marketplace. This player-coach role involves leading the team through establishing repeatable delivery standards, governing AI-native engineering practices, and owning high-stakes partner engagements. You will architect and govern code-generation pipelines, test-scaffolding agents, and human-review gates while turning bespoke builds into shared modules and templates. Key responsibilities include leading complex integrations for new verticals and non-standard partner APIs. You must write production-quality code in Scala, Python, and Node.js/TypeScript. The role requires deep REST/JSON API expertise, including authentication and schema evolution. You will solve the technical challenge of accelerating marketplace revenue by creating reusable architecture and scalable tooling for diverse partner integrations.

Skills

Scala Python Node.js TypeScript JSON AI-native engineering Claude Code Cursor Code-generation pipelines Code Review

What you'll do

  • Own the technical strategy for demand-side delivery across the partner portfolio and set engineering standards.
  • Lead the most complex, ambiguous, or new-vertical integrations from start to finish.
  • Convert bespoke builds into repeatable solutions using shared modules, templates, and runbooks.
  • Architect and govern AI-native engineering practices including code-generation pipelines and human-review gates.
  • Mentor engineers through design and code reviews to raise the team's overall engineering standards.
  • Drive feedback loops with Product and Engineering teams to reduce bespoke work and increase capacity.
  • Lead technical working sessions with partner engineering teams to provide hands-on guidance on critical integrations.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in a senior or staff-level integration, platform, or forward-deployed engineering role.
  • People leadership or strong informal team leadership experience (preferred).
  • Ability to write production-quality code in Scala and/or Python.
  • Working comfort in Node.js/TypeScript for SDKs and tooling.
  • Deep REST/JSON API expertise including authentication, idempotency, schema evolution, versioning, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Track record of building reusable architecture, tooling, or playbooks that scale team output.
  • Experience using AI-native workflows and tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot.
  • Ability to facilitate technical working sessions directly with partner engineering teams.

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