Forward Deployed Engineer

Recruiting From Scratch•San Francisco, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

As one of the earliest engineering hires, you'll directly influence customer deployments, product direction, and engineering strategy while working closely with founders and enterprise customers. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll own customer implementations from technical discovery through production deployment while partnering closely with engineering, product, and enterprise customers to solve complex financial infrastructure problems. This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage AI infrastructure startup where you'll directly influence customer success, product evolution, and enterprise AI adoption while helping build the future of financial operations.

Requirements

3–5 years of software engineering or Forward Deployed Engineering experience
Experience shipping production software used by external customers
Experience owning customer-facing technical deployments from implementation through production
Experience working in high-growth startups, Big Tech, or technically rigorous engineering organizations
Experience translating customer business problems into technical engineering solutions
Experience working directly with enterprise customers and cross-functional stakeholders
Startup experience or early-stage company exposure strongly preferred
Demonstrated ownership of customer-facing engineering initiatives
Strong TypeScript and/or Python engineering skills
Experience building production software and customer-facing technical solutions
Experience with enterprise API integrations and distributed systems
Experience integrating ERP systems, banking platforms, financial data pipelines, or enterprise infrastructure
Familiarity with AI-powered products, LLM workflows, or intelligent automation platforms
Experience working with modern backend technologies including Next.js, Prisma, MySQL, and cloud infrastructure preferred
Strong debugging, systems integration, and software engineering fundamentals
Experience working with authentication, networking, security, and enterprise data exchange
Strong understanding of technical deployment lifecycle and production support
Ability to rapidly learn complex enterprise customer environments
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or related technical field required
Strong technical background from a respected engineering program preferred
Strong communication skills
High ownership mentality
Excellent customer-facing communication
Comfortable operating in ambiguity
Self-directed and proactive
Strong problem-solving ability
Startup mentality
Excellent stakeholder management
Customer-first engineering mindset

Nice To Haves

Experience working with modern backend technologies including Next.js, Prisma, MySQL, and cloud infrastructure preferred

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end technical deployments for enterprise customers from integration planning through production go-live
Build and configure enterprise data integrations connecting banking systems, ERP platforms, APIs, and financial infrastructure
Translate complex customer business requirements into scalable engineering solutions
Partner directly with enterprise finance teams to understand operational workflows and deployment requirements
Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to prioritize customer-driven product improvements
Troubleshoot production integration issues involving banking data, payment systems, authentication, and enterprise workflows
Design scalable deployment processes supporting rapid enterprise customer onboarding
Build internal automation and tooling improving deployment efficiency and customer implementations
Leverage AI-powered engineering workflows and LLM technologies throughout deployment and product development
Work alongside Deployment Strategists to ensure successful customer implementations and long-term adoption
Influence product roadmap by identifying recurring customer pain points and scalable platform improvements
Own customer deployment initiatives from technical scoping through successful production launch