We're looking for a Principal Forward Deployment Engineer
This role is Office Based, Hyderabad Office
Principal Forward Deployment Engineer - India
This role is
Office/Field Based, Hyderabad Office
We are seeking an
accomplished Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to serve as the critical
bridge between Cornerstone's product engineering teams and our most strategic
enterprise customers. As a
principal-level FDE, you will own end-to-end technical engagements, drive
successful deployments of AI-powered Workforce Agility products, and translate
complex customer needs into product
innovations.
In this
role you will…
- Lead technical deployments and integrations of
Cornerstone's AI-native Workforce Agility products at strategic enterprise
accounts, ensuring high-impact, successful outcomes.
- Act as the primary technical authority in customer
engagements — owning solution architecture, implementation strategy, and
long-term adoption planning.
- Partner directly with customers to deeply
understand their workforce challenges, then design and deliver tailored




AI-driven solutions leveraging Generative AI and Agentic Frameworks.
- Translate field learnings into actionable product
feedback, influencing roadmap decisions by collaborating closely with Product,
Engineering, and AI teams.
- Build and maintain reference architectures,
integration patterns, and deployment playbooks that scale best practices across
the FDE organization.
- Mentor and technically guide junior FDEs,
establishing standards for customer delivery, technical discovery, and solution
design.
- Present technical vision and deployment strategies
to C-suite and senior stakeholders, building confidence and driving executive
alignment.
- Identify and prototype custom solutions —
including scripts, APIs, and AI workflow extensions — that accelerate customer
time-to-value.
- Stay current with enterprise integration
technologies, AI advancements, and industry trends to continuously elevate
customer engagements.

You'

📌 Principal Forward Deployment Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cornerstone OnDemand
📍 Hyderabad