AI Identity & Deployments Engineer — Frontline & Equity

Jack & Jill; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Opal Security, a $59M Series B cybersecurity firm backed by Greylock and Battery, is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco. You will serve as the critical technical bridge between enterprise customers and our core product team, architecting complex deployments, building custom integrations, and solving mission-critical identity challenges for high-scale organizations.

This role blends deep software engineering with strategic field-facing problem-solving and offers mentorship from

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with production-ready code across the stack.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with CISOs and security teams.
• Experience with Terraform and modern infrastructure tooling.

Responsibilities

• Embed with enterprise sales and implementation to architect deployments and integrations.
• Debug customer environments, including Terraform configurations and RBAC issues, writing production-grade code.
• Advise CISOs on product roadmaps and engineering priorities.

Skills

Software engineering

Communication skills

Customer-facing

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Opal Security, a $59M Series B cybersecurity firm backed by Greylock and Battery, is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco. You will serve as the critical technical bridge between enterprise customers and our core product team, architecting complex deployments, building custom integrations, and solving mission-critical identity challenges for high-scale organizations.

This role blends deep software engineering with strategic field-facing problem-solving and offers mentorship from