--- title: 'Wonderful - Forward Deployed Engineer - Monterrey at Silver.dev' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/wonderful-forward-deployed-engineer-monterrey-silver-dev-remote-k7m1gefxyypf' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-09' --- # Wonderful - Forward Deployed Engineer - Monterrey at Silver.dev - **Company:** Silver.dev - **Location:** Remote - **Compensation:** $110k–$160k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Silver/703db992-da99-4da8-95b1-a4389565ee09 ## Job description Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) This position requires to be based in Monterrey - Remote ## ABOUT Wonderful [Wonderful](https://www.wonderful.ai/) enables enterprises to build, test, deploy, and monitor AI agents for their most complex needs, serving customers and employees seamlessly across voice, chat, email, and back-office systems in any language or cultural context. ## Role Overview As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Wonderful, you’ll solve high-impact, real-world problems alongside enterprise customers and own work from first principles through production outcomes. You’ll work directly with customers to understand critical workflows, design AI-driven solutions, and deploy agents that operate reliably in production. You’ll own projects end-to-end from problem definition and system design to launch and iteration - and be accountable for real business impact. This is a hands on-generalist role for engineers who enjoy navigating ambiguity, learning quickly, and working across systems while partnering with enterprises as they become AI-driven organizations. ## What You’ll Do - Partner with customers to understand operational challenges and success criteria - Translate open-ended problems into clear technical designs and implementations - Build AI agents that integrate with customer systems and perform real tasks - Own deployments, including reliability, performance, and continuous improvement - Test with real data, measure outcomes, and iterate based on results - Collaborate with Product & Engineering to ship high-quality solutions - Contribute to tools, documentation, and best practices that scale customer delivery ## What We’re Looking For - 5+ years of experience in software engineering or technical problem-solving roles - Strong fundamentals in software design, system thinking - Experience working across systems, integrations, and data flows - Comfort working directly with customers and owning ambiguous problems - Clear communication skills and a strong ownership mindset - Curiosity and interest in building AI-powered systems that work in practice ## Nice to Have - Experience in forward-deployed, solutions engineering, or customer-facing roles - Exposure to AI agents, automation, or conversational systems - Experience operating and improving production systems ## About Silver.dev ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Silver.dev is a talent agency that connects venture-backed startups with vetted, interview-ready software engineers from Latin America. - **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped/founder-funded) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Gabriel (last name not publicly disclosed; founder & owner is a former Staff Engineer with hiring manager experience) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Staffing and Recruiting (specialized in software engineering talent). - Target customers: B2B; primarily venture-backed startups (half of clients are Y Combinator companies) and product-focused tech companies. - Mission/purpose: To help startups hire the right engineers without wasting weeks on interviews that go nowhere, by providing a no-BS, founder-led recruiting partner. ## Products & Services - **Direct Hiring**: Full-time, permanent placement of interview-ready engineers who are vetted by engineers and integrated directly into the client’s team. - **RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing)**: A flexible, dedicated hiring partner model that gives clients constant access to vetted candidates, designed for rapid scaling. - **Payroll & Employer of Record (EOR)**: Handles contracts, onboarding, and compliance for hiring across Latin America, allowing clients to focus on growth. - **Staffing**: Contract placement of talent under Silver.dev’s payroll, removing compliance overhead for the client. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed. - **Key Metric**: 11 employees (up 62.5% year-over-year); 7,440 LinkedIn followers; 20,814 monthly website visits (up 35.2% year-over-year). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: None publicly listed (clients include Y Combinator and Initialized Capital portfolio companies). - **Growth Signals**: +62.5% headcount growth YoY; traffic growing +35.2% YoY; high client satisfaction (4.9/8 reviews on Clutch); average nine-day sprint from first call to signed offer for senior roles. ## Competitive Advantages - **Founder-led**: Run by a former Staff Engineer with hands-on hiring management experience, ensuring deep understanding of product-grade engineering needs. - **Engineer-vetted pipeline**: All candidates are screened by experienced engineers, not generic recruiters. - **Outcome-based pricing**: Clients pay only when a candidate signs, removing financial risk. - **Speed & quality**: Roles are filled in an average of nine days, with candidates who are truly interview-ready and culturally aligned with startups. - **LatAm focus**: Taps into a high-quality, cost-effective talent pool across Latin America, handling compliance and payroll. ## Strategic Focus - Continue to serve venture-backed startups, especially YC companies, by scaling the vetted talent pipeline. - Deepen services to include RPO and EOR, making it easier for US startups to hire compliantly across LatAm. - Expand the network of high-ownership, ambitious engineers prepared for startup environments. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Client reviews highlight a proactive, transparent, and collaborative team that “feels like an extension of the startup DNA.” High employee satisfaction with strong communication and adaptive problem-solving. - **Remote/Hybrid**: The company has offices in San Francisco and Buenos Aires, but job postings are predominantly remote. The team is distributed across Argentina (85%) and the US. - **Perks & Engineering Culture**: As a talent agency run by a former engineer, the company deeply understands engineering needs. Roles listed on their jobs board often include equity, bonuses, and equipment (MacBook). The small, lean team (11 people) offers fast-paced growth opportunities. ## Sources 1. [silver.dev](https://silver.dev/) 2. [linkedin.com/company/silver-dev](https://www.linkedin.com/company/silver-dev) 3. [clutch.co/profile/silverdev](https://clutch.co/profile/silverdev) 4. 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