Forward Development Engineer

Forward Development Engineer

• Serve as the technical authority for your assigned product on every sales call

• Validate technical feasibility, answer architectural questions, and remove blockers

• Ensure clients feel technically confident moving forward with deals

• Partner with CS to define deliverables and KPIs that support Statement of Work (SOW) development
 

• Own a specific product line as its deep SME in the field

• Manage the technical roadmap for your product within each sales opportunity

• Collaborate with other Solutions Engineers when clients need multiple product integrations

• Provide "outside-in" PRD feedback to Core Engineering on missing market features

• Own technical accountability for your product line within each account

• Work as part of the SE Integration Team to ensure complete client integration

• Remain engaged until your product is live, stable, and proving value

• Use Pixalate AI Agents and internal tools to resolve CS tickets and maintain engagement status

• Translate client's unstructured problems into clean Pixalate configurations

• Map specific data fields and business logic to our platform

• Ensure clients are actually protected in their specific environment

• Build custom reports, feeds, and APIs tailored to each client's workflow

• Author a specific Use Case Document for every engagement

• Define exactly how the client applies Pixalate to their business (e.g., "Filtering IVT on Mobile App Traffic")

• Establish the official "Definition of Done" for each trial

• Schedule reports for clients where IVT% > 5
 

• Serve as the first line of defense against churn

• Manually verify that data flowing into client dashboards matches the promised Use Case

• Ensure clients experience their "Aha!" moment — seeing specific dollar savings or risk avoided — before contract signing

• Facilitate detailed technical transfer to Customer Success after contract signing

• Document custom configurations and Use Cases for ongoing support

• Transfer a fully functioning, documented integration to CS post-signature

• Direct, hands-on experience in the digital advertising ecosystem is required for this role

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate working knowledge of programmatic advertising, DSPs, SSPs, Ad Servers, CTV, and/or IVT/ad fraud concepts

• Experience at an adtech company, DSP, SSP, publisher, ad verification platform, or measurement company is strongly preferred

• Willingness to accommodate early morning or late evening calls to align with global teams across US, EMEA, and APAC time zones

• Ability to manage high-volume, multi-client engagements simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications 

• Familiarity with CTV, mobile app analytics, or data feed integrations

• Experience with trial management and customer success metrics

• Familiarity with ad fraud detection platforms, brand safety tools, or supply path optimization

• AI coding tools experience a plus — deep coding ability is not required

What We Offer 

• Competitive compensation package — market rate, commensurate with experience; incentivized on trial conversion and revenue

• Monthly internet reimbursement

• Casual, remote work environment with flexible hours

• Opportunity for advancement and professional development

• Fun annual team events

• A seat on a high-performing global team that wants to win — and has fun doing it


About Pixalate 

Pixalate offers the market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV), Mobile Apps, and Websites.

Our platform has been used to unearth multiple high-profile criminal and illegal surveillance cases, including:

• Gizmodo: An iCloud Feature Is Enabling a $65 Million Scam, New Research Says
• Adweek: A 7-Figure Ad Fraud Scheme Running on Roku Underlines Murkiness of CTV
• Washington Post: Your kids’ apps are spying on them
• Pro Publica: Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire
• ABC7 News: The State of Children's Privacy Online
• NBC News: How many apps are tracking your children

Our team of lawyers, data scientists, engineers, economists, and researchers spans globally with presence in California, New York, Washington DC, London and Singapore.

• Strong understanding of data integration, APIs, and system architecture

• Experience translating business requirements into technical configurations

• Background in solutions engineering, technical account management, pre-sales engineering, or implementation consulting

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for client-facing interactions

• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Engineering, and Product teams

• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex integration challenges

• Track record of creative problem-solving in ambiguous technical environments

• Strong documentation and process definition skills