Forward Deployed Engineer (Fully Remote)

Catena; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly environment

Equity and 401k match

Job summary

Catena is a remote-friendly early-stage startup providing the universal API for fleet telematics data. You will own the technical side of sales and engage with customers during onboarding, pilots, and early production.

You will implement ingestion pipelines, validate real-world data, and collaborate with telematics providers on APIs and sandboxes, enabling seamless integrations and reliable data flows. This role offers real ownership and impact.

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and comfort with messy real-world systems.
• Experience with JSON, SQL, CSV and APIs/webhooks.
• Clear communicator across technical and non-technical teams in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and test ingestion pipelines, mappings, transformations, and webhooks.
• Validate real-world data including location, HOS, assets, and trailers.
• Collaborate with telematics providers on APIs, sandboxes, and documentation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ownership mindset

Structured data & APIs

Remote collaboration

Job description

• Work at the intersection of customers, product, and engineering, owning the technical side of sales.
• Embedded with customers during onboarding, pilots, and early production, fixing integration issues end-to-end.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and test ingestion pipelines, mappings, transformations, and webhooks.
• Validate real-world data including location, HOS, assets, and trailers.
• Collaborate with telematics providers on APIs, sandboxes, and documentation.

Qualifications:

• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and comfort with messy real-world systems.
• Experience with structured data (JSON, SQL, CSV) and APIs/webhooks.
• Clear communicator with technical and non-technical teams, effective in a remote-first environment.

Why Catena:

• Early-stage startup with high ownership, real impact, and direct access to leadership.
• Remote-friendly environment with competitive salary, full benefits, equity, and 401k match.

Catena is the universal API for fleet telematics data, giving insurers, TMS providers, and freight-tech platforms a single integration to access carrier vehicle data across every major ELD and telematics provider. It is an early-stage startup with $8.25M raised, a remote-first culture, and customers already using its platform in production.