Forward Deployed Engineering Principal

About the role

We are PMG

PMG, a global independent platform company engineered for impact, integrates business strategy, media, creative, and data within a single operating model powered by our proprietary operating system, Alli. With more than 1,000 employees, PMG partners with brands including Apple, Nike, Dropbox, Experian, Sephora, and Whole Foods. Our work has earned top industry honors, including Cannes Lions and Adweek’s Media Plan of the Year, and PMG has won 40+ workplace culture awards, including being the only company to rank among Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for 11 consecutive years.

Who You Will Be Working With

You’ll be part of PMG’s Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team of senior, customer-facing engineers that operate at the intersection of business problems, technology, and platform innovation.

FDE partners deeply with priority customers, Vertical leaders, Client Strategy, Analytics, Product, and Engineering to solve complex, high-impact challenges that don’t fit standard playbooks. The team builds custom technical solutions, within the PMG Operating System (Alli), sometimes integrating with Alli from a sandbox environment, and sometimes outside the platform entirely. Remaining focused on driving meaningful business outcomes and shaping what becomes scalable over time.

This is a small, senior group designed for depth over breadth, operating where clarity is earned through execution, not documentation.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Forward Deployed Engineering Principal, you will operate as a senior individual contributor with enterprise-level influence. Your work will center on solving real customer business problems through technology, not maintaining or extending a predefined product roadmap.

- Partner deeply with priority customers and PMG leadership to understand material business challenges, constraints, and opportunities.

- Translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical approaches and working solutions.

- Design and deliver custom technical solutions across data, measurement, workflows, mobile, and platform integrations.

- Operate hands-on in solution design and build, using modern tools, AI-assisted coding, and best practices to move quickly without sacrificing quality.

- Advise customers and internal teams on feasibility, tradeoffs, and technical direction.

- Identify patterns, learnings, and approaches that can inform reusable accelerators or future platform capabilities.

- Influence product and platform evolution by feeding validated insights back into PMG’s broader technology ecosystem.

- Support high-impact moments such as strategic pitches, QBRs, and new business efforts where technical clarity materially changes the outcome.

- Use AI, automation, and technology to elevate the quality and efficiency of work, streamline processes, and enable faster, more informed decision-making in your role.

What You’ll Bring