Forward Deployed Engineer

U.S. GenAI startup, Pune Office, Private Limited Company

Full Time Employment directly to our Private Limited Company. We are committed to an enduring and robust presence in Pune. Our goal is to enable you to have a long enduring career at Blitzy with opportunity for advancement throughout your career at the company. If you want a role you can turn into a career, read on! If you are looking for a short term arrangement, we recommend you look elsewhere!

About Blitzy

Blitzy is a Cambridge, MA based AI software development platform on a mission to revolutionize the software development life cycle by autonomously building custom software to unlock the next industrial revolution. We're transforming how enterprises build software, turning enterprise requirements into production-ready code with an agentic software development platform that can autonomously execute 80% of the quantum of software development work. We're backed by multiple tier 1 investors, and have proven success as founders of previous start-ups.

Location: Pune, India (in-person role, HQ2)

The Role

We're looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our Pune HQ2 team, thriving at the intersection of cutting-edge AI technology and real-world enterprise software challenges. You'll embed directly with customer engineering teams, helping them revolutionize their software development with Blitzy.

This isn't a typical solutions engineer role. You'll write production code, architect solutions, and work shoulder-to-shoulder with customer engineering teams to deliver transformative outcomes. You're equally comfortable debugging a complex integration, participating in sprint planning, or whiteboarding architecture with a CTO.

This role centers on our Java/Spring Boot enterprise stack — from core REST services and event-driven microservices to production operations — and requires close collaboration with our US-based engineering and customer teams, including time zone overlap for handoffs.

What Success Looks Like

• You deploy Blitzy into complex enterprise environments, navigating technical constraints while delivering immediate value

• You write custom integrations and extensions — built on Java 17 and Spring Boot 3.x — that unlock new use cases for customers

• You translate ambitious business goals into concrete technical implementations using Blitzy's AI capabilities

• You identify patterns across customer needs that influence our product roadmap

• You become a trusted technical advisor to engineering leaders, earning their confidence through hands-on expertise

• You drive successful POCs that expand into enterprise-wide deployments

• You contribute code and insights back to our core platform based on field experience

Areas of Ownership

Customer Partnership

• Embed with customer teams during critical implementations, serving as their technical co-pilot

• Participate in customer sprint planning, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making

• Build custom solutions that demonstrate Blitzy's capabilities in their specific environment

Technical Implementation

• Write production-quality Java 17 / Spring Boot 3.x services (Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Actuator) to integrate Blitzy with existing enterprise systems

• Build and evolve REST APIs using a contract-first approach with OpenAPI/Swagger

• Own data persistence with PostgreSQL, Hibernate/JPA, and Liquibase-managed database migrations

• Package and deploy containerized services with Docker, managing dependencies through Maven (BOM and multi-module projects)

• Develop reusable patterns, scripts, and tools that accelerate customer adoption

• Debug complex issues spanning customer infrastructure and our platform

• Create technical demos that showcase advanced use cases

Quality & Production Operations

• Write thorough test coverage using JUnit 5, Cucumber/Gherkin, and JMeter for performance validation

• Maintain code quality and observability with Git, Logback/SLF4J, SpotBugs, and SonarQube

• Support microservice architectures and production operations, including health checks, metrics, and configuration management

Strategic Impact

• Decompose executive vision into actionable engineering roadmaps

• Identify expansion opportunities within accounts based on technical insights

• Collaborate with our product team to prioritize features based on field experience

• Contribute to our technical documentation and best practices

Required Experience

• 5 - 12 years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production code

• Strong hands-on experience with Java 17 (must-have)

• Spring Boot 3.x expertise, including Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, and Actuator

• Hibernate/JPA for data persistence

• Maven for dependency management (BOM and multi-module projects)

• Liquibase for database migrations

• REST API development using a contract-first/OpenAPI approach with Swagger

• Docker for containerized services

• Testing and performance tooling: JUnit 5, Cucumber/Gherkin, and JMeter

• Git, Logback/SLF4J, and static analysis tools such as SpotBugs and SonarQube

• Familiarity with microservice architectures and Spring Boot production operations (health checks, metrics, configuration)

• Deep understanding of modern software development practices (CI/CD, microservices, cloud architecture)

• Experience with enterprise development workflows, including Agile/Scrum methodologies

• Strong communication skills, with time zone overlap to support handoffs with our US-based teams you can explain technical concepts to anyone from intern to CTO

• Must be based in or willing to work in-person from Pune, India

What Makes You Stand Out

• Jakarta EE experience, particularly Spring Boot 3 migrations

• Caching experience using Spring Cache

• Familiarity with Apache HttpClient 5

• Enterprise modernization experience: Java 8 → Java 17 upgrades and monolith → microservices migrations

• Exposure to event-driven architecture, including Spring Kafka, Apache Kafka consumers, dead-letter topics (DLT), and retry patterns

• Experience with Confluent Schema Registry and Apache Avro, including schema evolution and contract-first integrations

• Familiarity with Spring RestClient, Testcontainers, WireMock, and JaCoCo

• Observability experience with Micrometer and Dynatrace

• Exposure to Saga orchestration, resilience/retry patterns, Kubernetes, or the WSO2 API Gateway

• Experience at high-growth startups or in customer-facing engineering roles

• Background in AI/ML, developer tools, or enterprise modernization projects

• Track record of technical thought leadership (blogs, talks, open source contributions)

• Passion for the future of AI-powered software development

What Makes This Role Different

• Production Code, Real Stakes: Unlike traditional FDE roles that focus on configuration and support, you'll be writing production Java/Spring Boot code that directly impacts customer success and enterprise deals you can see the outcome of.

• Frontier AI Work: You'll shape AI adoption at the frontier of what's possible with generative AI—working with a platform that generates complete applications, not just code snippets.

• Influence the Roadmap: You'll influence product direction through direct field experience, feeding real customer insight back into our roadmap.

• Onsite Opportunities: High performers are eligible for company-sponsored trips to our Cambridge, MA headquarters based on business needs, with potential international transfer support for top talent.

• Full Employment Package: This is a full-time role directly with our Private Limited Company in Pune. Benefits include medical insurance, participation in the company stock option program, Employer Provident Fund contributions with gratuity after 5 years, technology allowance, meal provision, and a beautiful office environment.

• Clear Growth Path: Flexibility to transition into core product or platform engineering as Blitzy scales.

Our Culture

Who we are:

Led by two pioneering co-founders we are one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S., creating our own category of enterprise autonomous software development. We automate thousands of hours of software development for our customers, which includes strong representation within the Fortune 500.

How we work:

• We move Blitzy Fast: Time is both our company's and our clients' most precious asset. We move quickly and decisively to innovate internally and deliver exceptional software externally.

• Championship Mindset: We operate like a professional sports team. We win as a team by holding ourselves and each other to high standards, collaborating in-person, and remaining focused on the mission.

• Passion for Invention: We're pushing the frontier of what's possible, requiring constant innovation and iteration.

• We Work for the Customer: We focus on delivering outsized value to the customers we work with and expanding those relationships into deep, meaningful partnerships.

We believe in being 'everyday athletes'—taking care of ourselves so we can bring our best minds to work. We promote great sleep, movement, and restorative activities for optimal mental performance. It makes for a happier and more productive team.

Blitzy is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We believe different perspectives make us stronger.