Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Tenex.AI, Inc

Job Overview

Location

Kansas City, MO SOC

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Serve as the technical lead and quality standard for the Forward Deployed AI Engineering team, reviewing solutions, setting architectural patterns, and ensuring consistency and excellence across all customer engagements
• Own and lead the AI & Data Science function by building cross-customer intelligence systems including vulnerability prioritization models, configuration baselines, threat intelligence pipelines, and detection optimization tools derived directly from customer engagements
• Ensure a tight, continuous feedback loop between Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) customer work and the internal AI & Data Science function—no tickets, no handoffs, direct collaboration only
• Work closely with the Security Engineering & Automation (SE&A) team to operationalize AI/DS-built tools, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and deliverable to customers without requiring FDE intervention
• Define the technical direction for documenting, packaging, and integrating FDE-built solutions into the broader TENEX platform for reuse across all customer accounts
• Mentor Senior and Forward Deployed Engineers, elevating the team’s technical proficiency in AI, data science, and cybersecurity domains through hands-on guidance and knowledge transfer
• Partner with the Director on team strategy, hiring standards, and long-term capability development to scale the FDE organization effectively
• Represent the FDE team’s technical perspective in cross-functional discussions with Product, SE&A, and Rapid Deployment teams to align platform development with real-world customer needs
• Operate at the highest level of technical complexity and strategic account engagement, applying expert-level programming skills to design data pipelines, ML systems, and AI applications in cybersecurity contexts
• Apply deep expertise across security operations, data science, and AI/ML domains to solve complex, real-time threats and improve detection efficacy for enterprise customers
• Build reusable technical platforms and systems that transform individual customer insights into scalable, organization-wide intelligence
• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance startup environment where rapid iteration, direct customer impact, and autonomous decision-making are core to success
• Maintain strong customer-facing communication and collaboration abilities to translate technical solutions into actionable security outcomes for enterprise clients
• Contribute to defining and embodying TENEX’s culture of in-person collaboration, innovation, and community-driven engineering excellence

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years in technical roles with senior engineering or technical leadership experience
• Expert-level programming skills with experience designing data pipelines, ML systems, or AI applications
• Deep expertise across security operations, data science, and AI/ML domains
• Proven track record building cross-customer intelligence systems or reusable technical platforms
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Strong mentorship and knowledge-transfer skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and next-generation security platforms
• Collaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and engineering
• Be part of building something new—TENEX's Forward Deployed Engineering organization is a greenfield opportunity to define how enterprise security is delivered at scale

Skills & Technologies

AWS

GCP

Senior

Onsite

Degree Required

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About Tenex.AI, Inc

Tenex.AI is a cybersecurity company that offers an AI-native managed detection and response (MDR) platform. It combines automated threat detection, risk management, and incident response capabilities with human oversight to identify, contain, and remediate security incidents in real time. Tenex integrates with cloud and security stacks from providers like Google, Microsoft, and others to reduce response times and streamline operations.

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