Forward-Deployed Product Engineer: Deliver High-Impact Integrations

Partly; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy, catered lunches

Annual wellness allowance

Paid parental leave

Commuter allowance

Inspiring workspaces

Flexible schedule

Celebratory events

Job summary

A leading technology firm in San Francisco is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to collaborate closely with customers and drive successful software deployments. This role involves ownership of the entire software lifecycle, where you'll lead technical discovery and translate customer needs into product solutions. Ideal candidates will have over three years of software development experience and a strong ability to empathize with customer needs. The position offers great benefits and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building and shipping complex software in production environments.
• Strong customer empathy and product thinking.
• Comfortable owning the full lifecycle: discovery to operate.
• Strong foundations in engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to collaborate with customer IT teams.
• Experience integrating with external systems.

Responsibilities

• Embed with customers to understand workflows.
• Lead technical discovery and solution design.
• Build and ship production code.
• Connect customer needs with product roadmap.
• Be the hands-on technical owner post-launch.

Skills

Building and shipping complex software

Customer empathy and product thinking

Full lifecycle ownership

Engineering fundamentals: APIs, testing, system design

Collaboration with IT and ops teams

Integrating with external systems

Operating in ambiguous environments

Forward-deployed / solutions engineering

Experience with automotive parts

Learning Rust

Job description

A leading technology firm in San Francisco is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to collaborate closely with customers and drive successful software deployments. This role involves ownership of the entire software lifecycle, where you'll lead technical discovery and translate customer needs into product solutions. Ideal candidates will have over three years of software development experience and a strong ability to empathize with customer needs. The position offers great benefits and a supportive work environment.