Principal Field Engineer
Skills
Computer ScienceSoftware As A ServiceWeb ApplicationsPetroleumPhysicsPresalesProduct Requirements
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 3+ years in forward deployed engineering pre-sales engineering or technical software development
- Strong engineering background in a relevant field such as Computer Science Mathematics Software Engineering Physics or Machine Learning
- Strong foundation in Python and deep understanding of GenAI concepts including embeddings RAG and prompt chaining
- Excellent problem-solving analytical and communication skills
- Ability and interest to travel up to 50% as needed
Nice to have
- Industrial experience
- Customer facing experience
- Strategic influence
- Technical evangelism
- Bridge builder
Day to day
- Partner with Account Executives to prioritize strategic opportunities and lead technical engagements for complex clients.
- Move customers from high-level strategy to working prototypes using Fast AI Prototyping with Cognite Atlas AI and Cognite Data Fusion.
- Design and implement agentic industrial solutions that automate complex workflows and strengthen customer confidence with demos and reference architectures.
- Bridge field learnings to product teams by translating deployment feedback into actionable requirements and scalable best practices.