Forward Deployed Engineer

fermat angola; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with 4% matching

Unlimited PTO policy

Job summary

fermat angola is looking for a skilled professional in San Francisco, CA, to deliver AI-powered commerce solutions. You'll lead projects from problem identification to production and collaborate with various teams to ensure client satisfaction.

The ideal candidate has 2-5+ years of experience, preferably from a founder background. Strong skills with AI tools and a B2B company background are essential for navigating complex client relationships.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years of experience, with ex-founders preferred.
• Demonstrated comfort with AI tools in workflow.
• Ability to scope client problems into clear build paths.

Responsibilities

• Partner with brands to deliver AI-powered commerce solutions.
• Build MVPs in 3-7 days from concept to demo.
• Coordinate project delivery across multiple teams.

Skills

Experience in AI tools

Structured thinking

B2B company background

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Partner directly with enterprise brands and retailers to discover, design, and deliver AI-powered commerce solutions — you own the full arc from problem to production.
• Build MVPs that prove concepts to customers within 3–7 days — from customer call to scoped solution to working demo.
• Use AI tools as a force multiplier to ship production code faster.
• Coordinate delivery across sales, account management, and engineering to make sure what gets built actually ships — and that clients see the value.
• Work shoulder-to-shoulder with our founders and the FDE team to push the frontier of what’s possible with AI in commerce.

Who You Are

• A high-agency operator with 2-5+ years of experience — ex-founders strongly preferred.
• Relentlessly curious about AI — you’re always trying the latest tools and techniques, and you’ve got the side projects, experiments, and “i built this over a weekend” stories to prove it.
• A natural at asking the right questions. You understand that great discovery is what separates a solution that lands from one that misses.
• Someone from a B2B company background who’s comfortable navigating complex client relationships and delivering under pressure.
• Comfortable building in ambiguity — often you’re the one writing the playbook everyone else follows.

Skills to Know

• 2–3 years minimum, ideally 5+, of relevant experience; ex-founder background strongly preferred
• Deep, demonstrated comfort with AI tools in your actual workflow — Claude, Cursor, or equivalent
• Strong structured thinking: you can take a messy client problem and rapidly scope a clear build path
• Agency to ask the right questions, rapid problem scoping, and consistent delivery of tangible output
• B2B company background and experience working across sales, product, and engineering stakeholders

Benefits

• Compensation: $180,000-$250,000 base salary + annual bonus
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents
• Retirement benefits:
  • US: 401(k) plan with 4% matching
  • India: Provident Fund with 12% matching
• 4 months of paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO policy (with minimum 5 days PTO / quarter!)