Forward Deployed Engineer (Multiple Opportunities)

Greylock Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Greylock Partners is seeking hands-on builders for Seed to Series B startups. The role offers exposure to a wide range of challenges and direct experience solving real customer problems, with startups across healthcare, cybersecurity, finance, and other fast-growing sectors.

This role is ideal for someone who loves seeing code solve real-world problems, prefers shipping valuable software today, can explain technical ideas clearly, and aspires to be a founder in the future.

Qualifications

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

Education

Computer Science

Mathematics

Software Engineering

Physics

Data 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/