Forward Deployed Engineer | Climate Tech

Carbmee is an enterprise environmental intelligence software company that provides a comprehensive platform enabling large manufacturers and complex supply chain operators to track, manage, and reduce their carbon emissions and broader environmental impact. The company's flagship product, carbmee EIS (Environmental Intelligence System), integrates data across procurement, operations, finance, and supplier management to make carbon emissions traceable, auditable, and actionable from the bill of materials level up to executive reporting. Carbmee supports key regulatory compliance frameworks including CBAM, CSRD, and EUDR, as well as dynamic product carbon footprint calculations and digital battery passport functionality.

Intro

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at carbmee, you are the technical vanguard of our mission, uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between product and outcome. This is a high-impact, full-cycle role designed for world-class talent who can pivot seamlessly from hands-on execution to C-level engagement. You will partner with the world’s largest organizations - in Automotive, Defense, Chemicals, and Machinery - to ensure they are using the carbmee platform to design unique, high-ROI outcomes that define their future.

Your work is where deep-tech execution meets strategic transformation. You will own the technical journey from initial high-stakes deal support to onsite implementation, building the bespoke data models and dashboards that solve the most intricate product & supply chain challenges. As the person closest to the customer, you serve as the vital feedback loop to our product team, directly shaping the carbmee roadmap based on real-world impact. We are looking for holistic thinkers ready to deploy enterprise-grade solutions and drive global industrial change from our hub in Munich.

Your tasks

• Full-Cycle Engagement: Drive technical success from initial sales support and critical enterprise deals through to implementation and long-term value delivery.
• Solution Architecture: Use the carbmee platform to design and deploy unique, high-ROI outcomes for the world’s largest enterprises in Automotive, Defense, Chemicals, and Maschinenbau.
• Strategic Execution: Lead hands-on configuration, building sophisticated data models and custom dashboards that translate complex supply chain data into actionable intelligence.
• C-Level Partnership: Bridge the gap between technical product capabilities and executive-level business objectives, presenting high-impact value cases to senior leadership.
• Onsite Collaboration: Work directly with global industry leaders—often onsite—to deeply understand and solve their most intricate product and environmental challenges.
• Product Evolution: Act as the primary feedback loop between the field and R&D, leveraging your proximity to the customer to move the needle on the carbmee product roadmap.
• Holistic Delivery: Take full ownership of the end-to-end delivery process, ensuring that every deployment scales effectively and drives measurable industrial chang

Your profile

• Educational Excellence: You hold a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a comparable quantitative field.
• Experience Levels: Associate. You have relevant initial experience (internships or working student roles) in technical environments or enterprise software./ Senior Level: You bring a proven track record as an FDE at a leading software company or experience in top-tier management consulting with a strong technical background and a hands-on mindset.
• Technical Proficiency: You are highly skilled in Python and SQL, with a deep understanding of how to structure and implement complex data models.
• Global Ambition: You possess the drive to be part of a generational company with global aspirations. You thrive in high-stakes environments and take personal ownership of mission-critical outcomes.
• Presence: You are based onsite in our Berlin or Munich hubs, with the flexibility to work directly at customer locations when necessary to drive high-impact results.
• Communication: You bridge the gap between technical and business worlds, with the ability to articulate complex solutions to both engineering teams and C-level executives in English (German is a strong plus).
• Problem-Solving Mindset: You combine technical rigor with business acumen to design unique, high-ROI outcomes for the world’s most complex organizations.

Benefits

• Unique & Powerful Mission: join a fast-growing and ambitious tech company that is shaping the future of carbon management and fighting climate change
• Compensation & Rewards: a steep learning curve and ownership from day one. We offer an attractive compensation package, including virtual stock options
• Health & Wellbeing: Urban Sports Club subscription to stay healthy & fit.1:1 coaching sessions with Nilohealth for your mental well-being.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: a flexible hybrid working culture with a lovely accessible office in Berlin-Mitte or the center of Munich
• Team Culture: Our transparency, Humility, and Accountability values create a unique and supportive working environment. Be part of a multinational, motivated team that thinks work should be fun!
• Connection & Networking: Summer Offsite, Winter Party, and regular team events We give you plenty of opportunities to connect with people, strengthen cross-functional relationships, and boost collaboration
• Trust & Transparency: monthly All-Hands Meetings, weekly update newsletters, and Founders Q&As. We keep you informed on current company numbers and goals