Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
About The Position
Join an early-stage cybersecurity team building tools to secure and manage enterprise AI. As a founding forward deployed engineer, you will work directly with enterprise security and IT teams while helping shape the product through hands-on engineering. The role combines customer deployments and technical sessions with end-to-end product engineering, integration work, and rapid product improvements based on customer feedback. You will adapt to shifting priorities and take on the work most important to the team as the product and customer base grow. The position is on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Base salary is $187,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Requirements
- Two to five years of experience as a software engineer or forward deployed engineer, including shipping production software.
- Customer-facing engineering experience, such as forward deployed, solutions, or sales engineering; founding engineering with direct customer work; or technical account management following forward deployed engineering experience.
- Experience with Python, Go, or TypeScript, plus knowledge of software architecture, databases, and scaling production systems.
- Experience at a high-bar startup, fast-growing technology company, or similarly rigorous engineering environment; background must not be limited exclusively to large technology companies.
- Exposure to cybersecurity, identity, or enterprise IT.
- Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities
- Lead customer deployments and pilots.
- Troubleshoot integrations in customer environments.
- Run technical sessions with security and IT teams.
- Build product features and integrations end to end across the stack using Python, Go, or TypeScript.
- Own a broad range of hands-on engineering challenges as the product and customer base grow.
- Translate customer feedback into product improvements and deliver them quickly.
- Adapt to shifting priorities and take on the work most important to the team.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
