Field Deployment Engineer & Product Builder

Dryft; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Onsite relocation to SF

High ownership learning

Job summary

Dryft is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco to balance engineering work with customer interaction on-site at customer sites, with 10–30% travel and visa support. You will split time 50/50 between technical build and direct customer engagement on ERP integrations.

You will lead end-to-end rollouts, shape the product backbone from user feedback, and turn deployments into reusable features and playbooks, with potential growth into CPO/COO roles in a high-ownership environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a top-tier role (e.g., consulting), as a founder, or as an early employee in a high-growth startup, with a technical degree or background
• Engineer-first mindset with ability to write production code and diagnose system-wide issues
• Industrial domain experience in manufacturing, industrial software, procurement, or supply chain is a plus
• Product-minded approach: listen to ERP chatter and translate into features
• High quality and detail orientation; professional communication under pressure

Responsibilities

• Lead full-stack rollouts end-to-end: scoping, onboarding, integration, training and aligning IT, engineers and executives
• Design the product backbone by working with users and prototyping features, writing production code when needed
• Turn deployments into reusable product features, data models and playbooks; grow into CPO/COO roles

Skills

Fast-paced experience

Engineer first

Industrial background

Product-minded

Quality-obsessed

Ultra-professional & detail-obsessed

Crisis communicator

Down-to-earth & relatable

Education

Technical degree or background

Job description

Dryft is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco to balance engineering work with customer interaction on-site at customer sites, with 10–30% travel and visa support. You will split time 50/50 between technical build and direct customer engagement on ERP integrations.

You will lead end-to-end rollouts, shape the product backbone from user feedback, and turn deployments into reusable features and playbooks, with potential growth into CPO/COO roles in a high-ownership environment.