Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Operational AI

About the Role

Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases. Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases. At Aerospike , we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability . If you're ready to shape the future of data, join us. The Opportunity As AI transitions from analysis into real-world autonomous action, enterprises require more than intelligent models—they need an ultra-low-latency operational fabric that connects agent swarms and workflows directly to live reality. That requires authoritative state, unified context, and enterprise-grade policy controls. As a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Aerospike , you will serve as the hands-on technical authority partnering with lead architects and engineering teams across Global 2000 enterprises. You will own the technical architecture and end-to-end implementation of mission-critical systems: discovering deep architectural challenges, writing core production code, validating high-throughput workloads, and driving post-production operational resilience. This is a premier individual contributor (IC) role. You will bridge customer production deployments with Aerospike ’s core product and platform engineering teams, translating novel distributed systems challenges into reusable platform patterns, hardened reference architectures, and foundational product features. What You’ll Build Authoritative Sta

Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong problem solving foundations, knowledge of modern engineering practices, and interest in technology systems.

Perks & Benefits

• Official mentor support
• verified hiring timeline
• and career progression.