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# Forward Deployed Engineer at HackerRank Careers

- **Company:** HackerRank Careers
- **Location:** IN Bengaluru, India
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-12-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hackerrank/jobs/7461142

## Job description

HackerRank helps companies like NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft hire and upskill the next generation of developers based on skills, not pedigree. Our platform is trusted by over 2,500 of the world’s most innovative companies to build strong engineering teams ready for what’s next.

Software has entered an era where humans and AI build side by side. As this shift accelerates, the definition of strong technical talent is changing. We give companies better ways to identify and invest in next-generation skills.

People at HackerRank care deeply about the impact of their work and sweat the small details so our customers can be wildly successful with products they genuinely love to use. We move with urgency and believe great outcomes come from high standards.

## About the role

We’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work onsite with our customers, serving as the primary technical presence in customer engagements, leading pilots, demos, and supporting customer evaluation and successful adoption.  This role blends deep customer engagement with technical execution.

## What you will do

- Lead customer-facing engagements, including discovery, pilots, and demos, acting as the primary technical voice in front of prospects and customers.
- Partner onsite with customers, engineers, recruiters, and business leaders to uncover developer needs, listen with empathy, and shape practical, goal-driven solutions.
- Keep customer projects on track through disciplined execution and proactive updates.
- Use the right tools, including AI when useful, to deliver faster, more reliable outcomes that strengthen HackerRank’s customer experience.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to elevate the voice of the customer.

## Who you are

- A customer-facing technical lead with enough full-stack depth to configure, debug, and explain web applications, integrations, and generate API scripts as needed (Ruby or Python).
- Confident leading conversations onsite with prospects and enterprise customers while gathering requirements, shaping technical approaches, and delivering results that drive measurable impact.
- A clear communicator who can go deep with engineers or simplify for non-technical crowds.
- A strong operator who plans, executes, and follows through, keeping projects organized.
- You lead with empathy, energy, and a problem-solver’s mindset.

Even better if you have

- Experience as a software, solutions, or sales engineer working with HR tech, ATS platforms, IDEs, developer tools, API-first or integration-heavy systems.
- A track record of seeing projects through from scoping to delivery, balancing customer needs with technical tradeoffs.

You will thrive in this role if

- You love mixing engineering, consulting, and delivery, owning every step of the journey.
- You want every project to feel like a new challenge.
- You set and uphold high standards for excellence for yourself and those around you.

Want to learn more about HackerRank? Check out [HackerRank.com](http://hackerrank.com/) to explore our products, solutions and resources, and dive into our story and mission [here](https://www.hackerrank.com/about-us/).

HackerRank is a proud equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We provide equal opportunity to everyone for employment based on individual performance and qualification. We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

[Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackerrank/) | [X](https://twitter.com/hackerrank) |https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackerrank/[Blog](https://blog.hackerrank.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_content=signature) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/hackerrank?igsh=MWNid2d6aWlxYnl0OQ==) | [Life@HackerRank](https://www.instagram.com/lifeathackerrank?igsh=eDFta3owaTJsbW5x)

Notice to prospective HackerRank job applicants:

- Our Recruiters use @hackerrank.com email addresses.
- We never ask for payment or credit check information to apply, interview, or work here.

## About HackerRank Careers

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HackerRank is a skills-based hiring platform that helps companies assess and hire developers through coding challenges and technical interviews, while also nurturing a massive developer community focused on upskilling.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, $60M led by Susquehanna Growth Equity in March 2022)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, USA (global offices also in Bangalore, India, with remote teammates across the US, UK, and India)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available from provided sources (commonly reported as 2012)
- **Founders**: Vivek Ravisankar and Hari Karunanidhi

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: HR tech / Talent assessment / Developer skills evaluation
- **Target customers**: B2B – companies of all sizes hiring developers; also B2C – developers seeking to improve their skills and find jobs
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Change the world to value skills over pedigree.”

## Products & Services
- **[HackerRank Platform](https://www.hackerrank.com)**: A SaaS-based assessment platform that enables companies to screen and interview developers using coding challenges, automated evaluations, and technical interview tools. Includes a library of over 188 million skill assessment data points and supports 26M+ developers in the community.
- **[Chakra (AI Interviewer)](https://builtin.com/company/hackerrank/jobs)**: An AI-powered interviewer being developed to conduct conversational interviews, focusing on conversation management, evaluation methodologies, and quality at scale (mentioned in job postings for Machine Learning Engineer, Chakra).
- **Expanded Assessments**: Beyond software development, HackerRank is building assessments for skills in hardware, design, QA, and soft skills (e.g., for distributed teams).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (last known funding round: $60M Series D in March 2022)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $60M+ (Series D led by Susquehanna Growth Equity); prior rounds include $3M Series A
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Susquehanna Growth Equity (lead in Series D)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Over 26 million developers in the community
  - 2,500+ customers
  - 172,800 daily skill assessments submitted
  - 188 million+ data points on technical skill assessments
  - Expanding into new assessment areas (machine learning, blockchain, crypto, hardware, design, QA, soft skills)
  - Developing an AI interviewer (Chakra) to scale interviews
  - 18 million+ developers in the community (as of earlier data point)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Developer skills authority**: Massive dataset of 188M+ skill assessments provides unique insights into developer capabilities.
- **Community network effects**: 26M+ developers use the platform, attracting more companies and creating a virtuous cycle.
- **Developer-first mindset**: Products are built from the perspective of enabling developers to be their best, which resonates with both candidates and hiring teams.
- **AI-powered innovation**: Chakra AI interviewer aims to automate and scale high-quality technical interviews, differentiating from traditional coding assessment platforms.
- **Brand credibility**: Trusted by thousands of companies; known for moving hiring away from resume-based pedigree toward skills-based evaluation.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-driven assessment**: Investing heavily in Chakra, an AI interviewer that can conduct structured, high-quality interviews at scale.
- **Expanding skill coverage**: Broadening assessments beyond software development to include hardware, design, QA, and soft skills to support the needs of distributed teams.
- **Global reach**: Continuing to grow the developer community and customer base internationally, with relocation support for key roles in Santa Clara and Bangalore.
- **Data-driven hiring**: Leveraging its massive dataset to improve the accuracy and fairness of assessments.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: “Change the world to value skills over pedigree” – the team is passionate about making hiring more equitable.
- **Values**: Think developer-first, be the captain (ownership), go deep, be humble, truly care.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid, on-site, and remote roles available depending on the position. Offices in Santa Clara and Bangalore, with teammates across the US, UK, and India.
- **Hiring process**: Fast – typically a few days to two weeks. Includes technical assessments, interviews with the hiring manager and future teammates, and a HackerValues interview. Relocation support provided for in-office roles.
- **Benefits**: Competitive pay and meaningful equity, health coverage for you and family, retirement plans by region, flexible paid time off, home office/remote work stipends, mental health and well-being support, annual learning and growth budget, referral bonuses.
- **Engineering culture**: High bar for quality, speed and quality are not trade-offs; focus on craft and impact. Teams work on cutting-edge AI and large-scale data systems.
- **Growth opportunities**: Fast-growing company with active roles in machine learning, data engineering, security, product management, and customer success.

## Sources
1. [hackerrank.com/careers/home](https://www.hackerrank.com/careers/home)
2. [hackerrank.com/about-us](https://www.hackerrank.com/about-us)
3. [linkedin.com/company/hackerrank](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackerrank)
4. [builtin.com/company/hackerrank/jobs](https://builtin.com/company/hackerrank/jobs)
5. [builtin.com/company/hackerrank/faq/workplace-perception](https://builtin.com/company/hackerrank/faq/workplace-perception)

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