Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Data platform)

We're looking for a Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Data platform) to join our team in boarder Zurich area, Switzerland in a hybrid working mode. In this role, you will contribute to a large-scale international IT engagement focused on modern data platforms, security, business applications and IT operations.

You will join the Data track, collaborating with Data Architects, BI Engineers and Business Analysts while working closely with an onsite delivery lead. Your focus will be on optimizing and enhancing a modern data platform built on technologies such as Snowflake, ClickHouse, dbt, Fivetran and AWS-native data services. Additionally, you will embed AI and agentic tooling where practical value is measurable, prototype new platform capabilities and validate improvements with users before development handoff.

Responsibilities
Continuously assess platform performance and identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies for improvement
Embed AI and agentic tooling in platform environments to enhance speed, reliability and cost-effectiveness
Prototype new platform capabilities across ingestion, transformation and query workflows
Validate prototypes directly with end users prior to transferring into the build process
Own technical feasibility assessments for emerging AI-driven and agentic optimization opportunities
Harden validated prototypes for delivery and integration into standard pipelines with Data Platform Engineers
Contribute reusable optimization patterns to the AI Solution Engineering practice
Requirements
6+ years of experience, including 2+ years in platform engineering or forward-deployed/solutions-engineering roles
Experience with AWS Data Services
Hands-on experience with Python
Experience with AI-assisted and agentic development tools
Platform performance analysis and optimization mindset
Hands-on experience with Anthropic Claude or AWS Bedrock
English proficiency at level B2
Nice to have
Familiarity with LangChain or other agent-orchestration frameworks
Experience with PostgreSQL
Working knowledge of prompt engineering
Experience with Snowflake
Familiarity with ClickHouse, Fivetran, and dbt