Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Flagship Specialty Partners; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct CEO mentorship

Ownership from week one

Company-funded AI coding agent

Job summary

Flagship Specialty Partners is hiring its first Forward Deployed Software Engineer in Charlotte to work directly with the CEO and department heads. You’ll surface operational pain points and orchestrate AI coding agents to build software solutions.

You will own data end‑to‑end, verify AI outputs, deliver UI and reports, and gain real ownership from week one with direct mentorship and modern tooling.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years experience or a strong portfolio of shipped projects (bootcamp grads welcome).
• Strong data fundamentals: data modeling, SQL, ETL, and real-data handling.
• Mandatory; you check your work and don't trust output you haven't validated.
• Experience directing AI coding agents; you must review and verify outputs.

Responsibilities

• Surface operational pain points with department heads and orchestrate AI coding agents to build software that solves them
• Own data end-to-end: model schemas, write and optimize SQL, and build ETL/analytics pipelines against real business data
• Rigorously quality-check and verify AI-generated code and data outputs before they ship
• Build features end-to-end: UI, forms, reports, dashboards, and the APIs behind them
• Apply Operational Excellence thinking — instrument and improve processes, not just write code
• Keep quality gates green and open tight, single-purpose PRs for review

Skills

Data modeling

SQL

ETL

Quality control

AI guidance

Tools

Fly.io

Docker

GitHub Actions

Drizzle

Vite

Tailwind

Job description

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Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Full Time Charlotte, NC, US

7 days ago Requisition ID: 2559

FLAGSHIP SPECIALTY PARTNERS

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Internal Operations

Type Full-time, W-2 · Reports to CEO · Base $75,000–$95,000 (Depending on Experience)

Level Entry level (0–2 years) · Bootcamp grads welcome

About the role

Flagship Specialty Partners builds the software that runs a growing network of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery practices — referral CRM, financial dashboards, purchasing analytics, recruiting pipelines—all using state-of-the-art AI-assisted coding tools. We're hiring our first Forward Deployed Software Engineer to work directly with our CEO and partner with Department Heads across the business. You won't be lost in a giant organization — you'll sit in the inner circle learning how the company runs, identify real operational pain points, and ship custom software that solves them. Direct CEO and Board Level mentorship, modern tooling, and real ownership from week one.

A modern, AI-orchestrated role

This role is built for how software is actually made today. You'll be equipped with a company-funded AI coding agent subscription and a real token/credits budget — for example, Perplexity Computer or Claude Code. Your primary craft is orchestrating those agents to build, then rigorously verifying what they produce. Because of that, we weight data judgment, SQL/ETL fluency, and quality-control instincts far more heavily than raw hand-coding speed. Think of yourself as the verifier and process-owner over AI-generated code, not a boilerplate typist.

What you'll do

• Work directly with Department Heads to surface operational pain points, then orchestrate AI coding agents to build software that solves them
• Own data end-to-end: model schemas, write and optimize SQL, and build reliable ETL / analytics pipelines against real business data
• Rigorously quality-check and verify AI-generated code and data outputs before they ship — catching what the agent got wrong is the job
• Build features end-to-end: UI, forms, reports, dashboards, and the APIs behind them
• Apply Operational Excellence thinking — instrument and improve processes, not just write code
• Keep quality gates green and open tight, single-purpose pull requests for review

What we're looking for

• 0–2 years experience or a strong portfolio of shipped projects (bootcamp grads welcome)
• Strong data fundamentals: data modeling, SQL, ETL, and real-data handling
• A genuine habit of quality control and verification — you check your work and don't trust output you haven't validated (mandatory; weak QC judgment is disqualifying)
• Sound judgment directing AI coding agents, plus the discipline to review and verify what they generate
• A genuine eagerness to learn and apply Operational Excellence / Quality Management methods — Lean, Six Sigma, TPS, TQM (we'll teach you, but you must want to; unwillingness is disqualifying)
• Comfort working directly with non-technical business leaders
• Live projects you can show and explain

What we provide

• Company-funded AI coding agent subscription and token/credits budget (e.g., Perplexity Computer, Claude Code)
• Direct CEO mentorship on the stack and on Operational Excellence
• Real ownership and business exposure from week one

Our stack

Highly desirable

Hands-on Operational Excellence / Quality Management experience (Lean, Six Sigma, TPS, TQM); experience directing AI coding agents; Fly.io/Docker/GitHub Actions; Drizzle/Vite/Tailwind; healthcare/CRM/analytics exposure.

To apply

Send your resume, GitHub/portfolio links, and one sentence on a project you're proud of to [e-mail].