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# Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (10570) Toronto, Canada at Extreme Networks

- **Company:** Extreme Networks
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Compensation:** $120k–$130k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/extremenetworks/faca2adf-a942-4c00-a883-d31306ab7bb6

## Job description

Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions. They rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver unprecedented progress. Become part of something big with Extreme! As a global networking leader, learn why there is no better time to join the Extreme team. Position details Title of position:  Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Position type: Full time - Hybrid Location:  Toronto, Canada Position reports to: Director of Software Systems Engineering Application deadline: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis and this posting will remain open until filled. Work authorization: We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa, including H-1B visas, at this time Scope Are you energized by solving complex, high-impact problems directly with customers? Do you want to turn emerging technologies in intelligent networking, generative AI, agentic systems, automation, and cloud platforms into production solutions? Do you want what you build and learn in the field to help shape capabilities that benefit customers at scale? Then come advance with us.

## About the Position

Forward Deployed Engineers at Extreme are software engineers who work directly with strategic customers to jointly design, build, validate, and deploy solutions to complex business and technical problems using Extreme's products and platforms. FDEs operate in real customer environments and own technical outcomes from discovery and solution design through implementation, deployment, and production readiness. The solutions they build must meet demanding requirements for scalability, security, reliability, observability, and operational safety. This is a deeply technical and hands-on engineering organization. FDEs work directly with customers to understand complex problems and design, build, deploy, and stabilize production solutions using Extreme's products and platforms. They write production software, solve complex systems and integration problems, and own technical outcomes from solution design through production readiness. FDEs also identify platform gaps and define new feature requirements, working with Product teams to incorporate recurring customer needs into Extreme's products and platforms.

## About the Role

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work directly with customer technical teams to design, build, deploy, and stabilize production solutions using Extreme's products and platforms. You will take ownership of significant engineering workstreams and, depending on the engagement, complete customer solutions. You will work across application development, agentic AI, integrations, data, APIs, automation, networking, and cloud infrastructure to solve problems in real customer environments. You will write production software, troubleshoot complex systems, and work through ambiguity without requiring a fully defined technical specification. You will also help identify reusable engineering patterns and platform gaps based on what you learn while delivering customer solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

- Work directly with customer technical teams to understand their workflows, systems, data, technical constraints, and desired outcomes.
- Collaborate with customers and other FDEs to design and deliver production solutions using Extreme's products and platforms.
- Own significant technical components or workstreams from design and implementation through deployment and production readiness.
- Write production-quality software, including applications, agents, APIs, integrations, data connectors, tools, skills, workflows, and automation as required by the solution.
- Integrate Extreme's products and platforms with customer systems, data sources, APIs, identity systems, infrastructure, and operational workflows.
- Build and maintain automated tests, AI evaluations where appropriate, deployment automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Implement logging, monitoring, tracing, and other observability required to operate solutions reliably in production.
- Diagnose and resolve complex issues across software, data, integrations, networking, infrastructure, and AI components.
- Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews and contribute to sound technical decisions across the engagement.
- Support production deployment and stabilization and ensure delivered components meet agreed production-readiness requirements.
- Create clear technical documentation, deployment guidance, and operational runbooks.
- Identify reusable components, integrations, tools, skills, automation, and engineering patterns that can accelerate future customer deployments.
- Identify platform gaps and define new feature requirements, working with Product teams to incorporate recurring customer needs into Extreme's products and platforms.
- Contribute to engineering standards, technical practices, and knowledge sharing across the FDE organization.

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## Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience across the software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production operations.
- Strong hands-on software development experience with proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, TypeScript, C#, or C++.
- Experience building and operating distributed, cloud-based, or enterprise software systems.
- Experience with APIs, integrations, data, containers, and modern software deployment practices.
- Experience debugging complex software or systems issues and delivering production-quality solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively through ambiguous technical problems and drive engineering work to completion.
- Experience collaborating directly with customers, partners, or external technical teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel to customer sites as required by the engagement.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related discipline.
- Experience building LLM-based or agentic systems involving tool use, retrieval, orchestration, context management, evaluation, or production deployment.
- Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and modern agent frameworks.
- Experience with networking, network management, telemetry, observability, or distributed systems.
- Experience with cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes, containers, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD.
- Experience integrating enterprise APIs, data platforms, identity systems, and operational applications.
- Experience with distributed data platforms, streaming systems, or real-time processing.
- Prior experience in Forward Deployed Engineering or another technical customer-facing software engineering role.

## Equal Employment Opportunity

- Extreme Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans, including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans.
- Extreme Networks also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (for example, stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our organization. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Extreme Networks. We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.

Fair chance and background checks

- Extreme Networks will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Philadelphia Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance, Illinois Human Rights Act, Cook County Human Rights Ordinance, Seattle Fair Chance Employment Ordinance, and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. An applicant's conviction history will not be considered until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. Following any individualized assessment, applicants will be provided with the opportunity to respond before any adverse action is taken.
- Extreme Networks does not seek salary history information from applicants and will not rely on salary history in determining whether to offer employment or in setting compensation.

## About Extreme Networks

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Extreme Networks is a publicly traded leader in AI-powered cloud networking, providing unified, secure, and simplified network solutions for enterprises.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: EXTR)
- **Headquarters**: Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
- **Founded**: 1996
- **Founders**: Stephen Haddock, Herb Schneider, Gordon Stitt

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Enterprise networking, cloud networking, and AI-driven network management.
- **Target customers**: B2B – mid-market to large enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations globally.
- **Mission / purpose**: To push the boundaries of networking technology, making it simpler, faster, more agile, and secure – helping customers connect beyond the network and drive better outcomes.

## Products & Services
- **ExtremeCloud IQ**: Cloud-based network management platform with AI-driven analytics and automation (SaaS).
- **ExtremeXOS**: Modular network operating system for switches and routers.
- **ExtremeWireless**: Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 access points and controllers.
- **ExtremeSwitching**: Enterprise switches for campus, data center, and edge.
- **Extreme Fabric Connect**: Software-defined networking fabric for automated and secure connectivity.
- **ExtremeAnalytics**: Network analytics and visibility tools.
- **ExtremeRouting**: High-performance routers for WAN and edge.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: $1.9 billion (as of mid-2026)
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: $1.3 billion annual revenue (FY2026); SaaS ARR of $244 million
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Publicly traded with institutional investors; partners include major system integrators and channel resellers.
- **Growth Signals**: 4.0% YoY employee growth (2,300 people); over 3.3 million devices connected to the cloud; strong recurring revenue from SaaS; continued investment in AI and automation.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified, AI-driven platform** that combines networking, security, and analytics in a single cloud-native solution.
- **Over 25 years of enterprise networking expertise** with a large installed base and global support.
- **Strong focus on automation and self-driving networks** reduces operational complexity for IT teams.
- **Open architecture and integration** with major cloud providers and third-party ecosystems.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI and automation**: Embedding AI/ML across the portfolio to enable proactive, self-healing networks.
- **Cloud-first approach**: Driving adoption of ExtremeCloud IQ and expanding SaaS offerings.
- **Security convergence**: Integrating network security (e.g., micro-segmentation, zero-trust) directly into the networking stack.
- **Edge and wireless innovation**: Advancing Wi-Fi 7 and private 5G capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Core values include Teamwork, Transparency, Candor, Curiosity, Ownership, and Inclusion. Multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) foster an inclusive environment.
- **Work model**: Hybrid/remote-friendly offices in Morrisville (HQ), Salem (NH), Markham (Canada), and San Jose (CA) – roles vary by team.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive compensation and benefits package supporting physical, emotional, and financial health.
- **Engineering culture**: Opportunity to build next-generation AI-driven, self-driving networks; work with big data, machine learning, and cloud technologies.
- **Early career programs**: Internships and development programs for university students and recent graduates.
- **Employer rating**: 3.9/5.0 on LinkedIn (1,184 reviews) with strong work-life balance (4.0) and culture (3.9).

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/extreme-networks)
2. [Extreme Networks Careers Page](https://www.extremenetworks.com/about-extreme-networks/career)
3. [Extreme Networks Company Page](https://www.extremenetworks.com/about-extreme-networks/company)
4. [Extreme Networks Investor Relations](https://investor.extremenetworks.com/overview/default.aspx)
5. [Extreme Networks Lever Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/extremenetworks)

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