Forward Deployed Engineer
Summary
Forward Deployed Engineer on SharkNinja's internal transformation team (THE FIN) in Needham, MA, embedding with business teams to build financial and operational applications, data products, automation, and AI solutions from zero to one, owning delivery through production and adoption. Core stack: Python and SQL; Palantir Foundry/AIP, Snowflake, dbt, and React are pluses.
About Us
SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.
AI at SharkNinja
At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.
The opportunity
Build the next generation of how SharkNinja operates.
Join THE FIN, SharkNinja’s core internal transformation team, to build financial and operational capabilities from zero to one. You’ll embed with business teams, untangle complex cross-functional challenges, and turn them into reliable data, automation, and AI solutions—with the resources and reach of a global business. We are looking for a variety of career stages to build out this team.
We’re looking for deep technical ability, strong commercial judgment, and founder-level urgency. You’ll own delivery from understanding the problem through production, adoption, and measurable results.
What you’ll do
- Embed with the business. Understand workflows, decisions, and recurring friction; identify opportunities with clear commercial value.
- Build from zero to one. Turn ambiguous problems into working applications, data products, and automation, iterating directly with users.
- Connect data and apply AI. Integrate enterprise systems and use AI where it improves outcomes, with appropriate validation and human review.
- Own production delivery. Test, deploy, monitor, and maintain solutions with security, data quality, and auditability built in.
- Drive adoption and impact. Put solutions into daily use, establish support ownership, and measure business results.
What you’ll bring
- Experience building and deploying production software, data products, or automation used by business teams.
- Experience in CPG, consumer products, retail, manufacturing, or another environment requiring an understanding of end-to-end business operations.
- Experience with Python or similar data analysis language
- Strong SQL skills with experience in database architecture, table creation, procedures, functions.
- Commercial acumen: connect technical choices to business value and understand how changes affect teams across the business.
- Sound engineering practices across testing, security, monitoring, and documentation, including validation of AI outputs.
- A founder’s mindset: take initiative, navigate uncertainty, move quickly, and stay accountable through adoption and results.
Experience that would help
- Palantir Foundry and AIP, or comparable enterprise data and application platforms.
- Embedded engineering, business transformation, or product development in a startup or high-growth environment.
- Building intuitive interfaces that simplify complex data and workflows.
- Snowflake & DBT experience is a plus
- Production business applications in React is a plus
What success looks like
Business teams use what you build. Solutions are accurate, reliable, and supported. Your work delivers measurable improvements in how SharkNinja operates, makes decisions, and scales.
Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution, 401(k) retirement plan with matching, employee stock purchase program, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, generous paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, identity theft protection, pet insurance, pre-paid legal insurance, back-up child and eldercare days, product discounts, referral bonus program, and more.
Our Culture
At SharkNinja, we don’t just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you’ll be right at home.
What We Offer
We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more. We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what’s possible. When you join, you’re not just part of a company—you’re part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together, we won’t just launch products—we’ll disrupt entire markets.
At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
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