We're looking for a Principal Forward Deployment Engineer This role is Office Based, Hyderabad Office

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

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