Forward Deployed Engineer (Multiple Opportunities)

Greylock Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Greylock Partners is seeking hands-on builders who thrive in fast-moving startup environments, to work closely with users and turn ideas into real, impactful solutions. This role offers exposure to a wide range of challenges and direct experience solving real customer problems across healthcare, cybersecurity, finance, and other high-growth sectors.

Ideal candidates have built and deployed production software used by real people, and are excited about the possibility of becoming a founder in the

Qualifications

• 1+ years of professional experience.
• Strong engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.

Skills

Software engineering

User-focused development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

AI has accelerated how products are built for customers, and our Seed to Series B startups need hands-on builders who thrive in that environment, working closely with users to turn ideas into real, impactful solutions. This role is ideal for future founders, offering exposure to a wide range of challenges and direct experience solving real customer problems. We’re seeing strong demand in startups across healthcare, cybersecurity, finance, and other fast-growing sectors.

This role is a great fit if you:

• Love seeing your code solve real-world problems
• Prefer shipping something valuable today over perfecting it next month
• Can explain complex tech to someone who thinks Python is just a snake
• Are comfortable being wrong — and learning fast
• Have built and deployed production software that real people use
• Aspire to be a founder in the future

What we're looking for:

• 1+ years of professional experience
• Strong engineering background, ideally in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science

About Greylock:

Greylock is an early-stage investor in hundreds of remarkable companies, including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Workday, Cloudera, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Coinbase, and Palo Alto Networks, among others. More can be found about us here: https://greylock.com/