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Forward Deployed Engineer

Remote, European Union·Full-time·Added 8 months ago (last checked 1 Oct)

fonio

29 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • €65,000 - €95,000 a year

    Gross, as stated in the ad.

    About €3,720 - €5,100 a month after tax, or €3,800 - €5,700 under the Beckham regime.

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

  • Fully remote

    Per the ad.

Visa options

  • The ad doesn’t mention sponsorship

    Not a refusal, but not a yes. Worth asking in your first message.

  • Pay clears the EU Blue Card threshold

    The advertised pay is over the €41,356 bar, so the route exists if fonio uses it.

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Requirements

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • German

    The ad asks for German, or counts it in your favour.

Skills

Nice to have

This job advert was originally written in German.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Solid coding skills: you can implement independently, not just configure

  • Strong understanding of AI systems and LLMs (prompting, tool-use, RAG, failure modes)

  • Workflow thinking: translating complex processes into robust, testable flows

  • Experience with APIs, Webhooks, Auth, and common integration patterns

  • Basic cloud understanding: deployments, observability, debugging in production

  • Very pragmatic way of working: deliver fast, make it stable, iterate

Nice to have

  • Bonus: Voice/Telephony, n8n, TypeScript/Python, SQL, Monitoring/Tracing, GDPR

Languages

  • German at native level & English fluent

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Competitive salary: €65,000-€95,000 per year

  • Security Guard Girona Costa + €2,150 net

  • Security Guard Girona Costa + €2,150 net

  • Important logistics company located in Noblejas needs to hire a Reach Truck and Pallet Jack Operator. Established company in the logistics sector.

  • The initial contract will run until March 7, 2027, with the possibility of joining the permanent staff. In addition, at Adecco

  • Thousands of enthusiastic customers who develop the product together with us

The role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you work directly at the interface between product and customer setups. You gather requirements, translate them into robust implementations, and take fonio live for customers - including integrations, automations, and ongoing optimization.

You work closely with Product/Engineering and Go-to-Market to ensure that deployments are fast, stable, and repeatable.

What you'll do

  • Gather customer requirements and translate them into concrete implementation plans

  • Build and roll out fonio setups in production: workflows, logic, prompts, guardrails

  • Implement integrations into third-party systems (APIs, Webhooks, CRM, calendars, ticketing, etc.)

  • Develop smaller features and glue code to cleanly map customer use cases

  • Debugging under production conditions: calls, flows, edge cases, quick fixes

  • Build reusable templates and deployment playbooks to make setups scalable

  • Provide product feedback: bring pain points and feature gaps to the team in a prioritized and concrete manner

Hiring process

  1. The initial contract will run until March 7, 2027, with the possibility of joining the permanent staff. In addition, at Adecco

  2. The initial contract will run until March 7, 2027, with the possibility of joining the permanent staff. In addition, at Adecco

  3. 20 min Culture Fit with one of the founders

About fonio

Fonio is a technology company that provides a customer service and support platform for modern businesses. The company offers a suite of tools designed to streamline customer interactions, automate workflows, and improve team collaboration. Fonio is a relatively small, venture-backed startup operating in the customer service software space, competing with larger, established players in the market.

Fonio has its Spanish headquarters in Barcelona, which serves as its main operational hub for the Spanish market. The company is actively hiring international professionals, particularly those with Italian, French, and German language skills, to support its expansion into new European markets. This makes it a relevant employer for international professionals looking to relocate to Spain, offering a multicultural and dynamic work environment.

Founded
2021
Employees
11–50
Headquarters
Barcelona, Spain
In Spain
Barcelona
Website
fonio.ai

Good to know if you are moving

  • Fonio's team is international, with colleagues from various European countries, making it a multicultural environment.
  • The company's working language is English, but it is actively hiring for Italian, French, and German-speaking markets, which is a plus for multilingual professionals.
  • The company is a startup, offering the opportunity to have a high impact on its growth and development.
  • The company offers a remote-friendly work culture, allowing for flexibility in location.
  • The company is focused on the European market, making it a good fit for professionals looking to work in a fast-paced, international environment.

In their own words

About the company & team

We have grown from $1M to $10M ARR in less than 12 months and already have over 10,000 customers.

Would you like to work 6-hour shifts and istas.

We act quickly, believe in a high degree of ownership, live direct feedback, and avoid company politics and unnecessary meetings.

Become part of one of the craziest growth stories in Europe.

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