Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI software for industrial distributors. As a customer-facing founding engineer, you will take deployments from discovery through production and turn customer workflows into product capabilities.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Customize data ingestion for customer file formats, ERP systems, and workflows to get deployments live quickly.
• Lead discovery conversations and site visits, then translate what you learn into product improvements.
• Build and ship prototypes, internal tools, and customer-facing workflows, and refine successful experiments for production.
• Develop AI agents and LLM-powered workflows that automate manual work.
• Prepare and deliver product demos, support prospective customers, and help convert pilots into customers.
• Own technical customer relationships after launch, helping customers get value and identifying opportunities to improve the product.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• One to five years of full-stack or backend engineering experience building and shipping production software used by real customers.
• Experience with Python and TypeScript.
• A degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, mathematics, physics, or engineering.
• Experience working directly with customers in forward-deployed engineering, sales engineering, solutions engineering, or a similar role.
• Confidence presenting technical work and demos to non-technical buyers.
• Daily engineering experience with Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
• Experience building a project from zero to one, such as a side project with users, open-source software, or a new venture.
• Hardware, procurement, supply chain, ERP, or legacy-system integration experience is useful.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary is $150,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

LOCATION

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States. The team works from the office five days a week.