Forward Deployed Engineer

About the Position

Forward Deployed Engineer

At Grip, we are revolutionizing content creation by automating it at scale. We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our team in Amsterdam, Netherlands (remote). You will be the architect of our clients' success, embedding with enterprise customers to deploy the Grip platform, turning their raw assets into a fully automated content system.

Responsibilities

The Deployment (Architecting the Engine)

• Ingest & Configure: Take the client’s "Digital Twins" (3D product models) and marketing assets, ingesting them into the Grip ecosystem.
• Define the Logic: Organize the configuration of the "Brain" of the system. Write and codify the logic that dictates how content adapts.
• Build the Pipelines: Set up the workflows that combine 3D renders, 2D layers, and AI-generated elements into a final, photorealistic image.
• Art Direction as Code: Translate the client’s visual identity (Style Guides) into algorithmic rules that the platform follows automatically (e.g., "Always ensure the logo has 20px padding" or "Never crop the product hero shot").

Client Embedding & Strategy (Problem Solving in the Client Environment)

• The Technical Diplomat: Work directly with the client's Marketing Ops and Creative Directors. Show them how to restructure their data to make automation possible and even structure that data on their behalf, writing code and tools that facilitate this.
• Feedback Loop: Be the eyes and ears of our product team. When you find a complex scenario that Grip can't handle yet, prototype a fix and feed that requirement back to our Core Engineering team.

Knowledge Capture & Scale (Turning Solutions into Systems)

• Codify What Works: Capture the data, logic patterns, and tooling you create in the field - documenting not just what was built, but why it works.
• Operationalize Learning: Help formalize best practices for ingesting content, restructuring data, and defining logic so that Grip deployments become faster, more consistent, and more powerful over time.
• Raise the Bar: By systematizing hard-won solutions, continuously raise the technical maturity of how Grip is deployed in real-world environments.

Requirements

• Strong Technical Foundation: Proficient in Python or JavaScript/Typescript for writing automation scripts and configuring JSON/YAML logic.
• Data Wrangling: Comfortable with APIs, CSVs, and structuring product data (PIM/DAM integration).
• Builder Mentality: You prototype, test, and iterate.
• Visual Tech Fluency (nice to have): Familiarity with the concepts of CGI & 3D Pipelines.
• Pattern Recognition: Ability to look at a manual Photoshop process and instantly visualize how to turn it into a for loop.
• Creative Empathy: Ability to talk to a Creative Director and respect their need for "visual perfection" while explaining technical constraints.
• Resilience: Thrive in the "Fog of War" during a deployment. Fix messy data or broken workflows.
• Customer-Facing Confidence: Explain technical trade-offs to both engineers and executives-without arrogance or fluff.
• Bias for Reality: Build something scrappy that works rather than something beautiful that doesn’t.

We Offer

• High Impact: Build the engine that generates the visual face of the world's biggest brands (Coca-Cola, Nike, Unilever, etc.).
• The Frontier: Work at the intersection of Generative AI and Professional CGI. This is the future of content creation.
• Autonomy: "Own" your accounts. Be the "CTO" of your deployment.

About the Company

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How to Apply

Please send your resume and portfolio in English via the link provided. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our Recruitment Department at [email protected].

After reviewing your application, if there’s a potential fit, a member of our recruitment team will be in touch with you.