Founding Customer-Facing Solutions Engineer

Avent (YC S25); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person collaboration in SF

Job summary

Avent (YC S25) is seeking a forward deployed engineer to bring our product into the real world. You will work directly with customers, understand how their business runs, and translate that into working systems.

You’ll own deployments end-to-end, write code, and integrate systems to make everything feel seamless in real time. This role emphasizes ownership, customer impact, and practical problem solving.

Qualifications

• Understands business workflows and translates them into working software.
• Demonstrates ownership and can drive outcomes without micro‑management.
• Pays strong attention to how things look, feel, and land with customers.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to rethink business operations using Avent.
• Analyze workflows, constraints, and edge cases to build robust systems.
• Write code, integrate systems, and ensure real-time seamless experiences.
• Own end-to-end deployments and get customers live.

Skills

Business empathy

Ownership mindset

Attention to detail

Real-world impact focus

Tools

Next.js

TypeScript

Python (FastAPI)

PostgreSQL

Job description

Avent (YC S25) is seeking a forward deployed engineer to bring our product into the real world. You will work directly with customers, understand how their business runs, and translate that into working systems.

You’ll own deployments end-to-end, write code, and integrate systems to make everything feel seamless in real time. This role emphasizes ownership, customer impact, and practical problem solving.