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.