Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Stock options

Health plans

401k match

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Learning stipend

Well-being benefits

Hybrid work

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in New York, NY seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with our enterprise accounts and own technical outcomes end-to-end.

You will develop and deploy production-grade software across TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS while shaping architecture with customers. This role is hybrid with on-site days in Union Square.

This is a hands-on, high-impact position with equity options and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Experience in a customer-facing technical role.
• Strong backend and API fluency.
• Sound architectural judgment under ambiguity.
• Clear technical communication with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect and tune deployments end-to-end — API integrations, data integrations, SDKs, latency constraints.
• Write production code across stack: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), Python (Django), Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS.
• Serve as the credible technical voice with customer engineering leadership, making architectural calls in real time.
• Own the engineering track of QBRs for accounts and handle on-call escalation.
• Turn work into reusable platform primitives and docs to speed future deployments.

Job description

the company is where you belong!

the company is the AI-powered identity and fraud prevention platform that accelerates onboarding, stops fraud, and scales compliance across the customer lifecycle so financial organizations can grow without limits. More than 900 of the world's leading financial institutions and fintechs trust the company for smarter risk management that drives growth.

Through our values: Be Bold, Go Fast, Collaborate, and Celebrate Our Differences, we are creating a workplace where you can grow, thrive, and belong. See how we've been continuously recognized and named one of Inc.Magazine's Best Workplaces, Forbes America's Best Startup Employers, Best Fintech to Work for by American Banker, year after year.

Check out our investors and read more about us here.

About the team

We're standing up a new function at the company: Forward Deployed Engineering. Our largest enterprise customers need a trusted technical partner with a strong point of view on how the company fits into their tech stack and fraud strategy. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll be that partner - embedded with our most strategic accounts and owning the technical outcome end-to-end, with each deployment becoming the foundation for the next.

You'll be one of the first two engineers on this founding team. This is a software engineering role through and through - based within our Engineering org, with a scope that spans software, product, and solutions engineering. You won't just join this function - you'll define how it works.

the company operates in a hybrid-work environment. We look to foster collaboration and community by having our local employees onsite three days a week.

What you'll be doing

• Architect and tune customer and channel-partner deployments end-to-end — API integrations, third-party data integrations, SDKs, and latency constraints.

• Write production code across our stack: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), Python (Django), Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS.

• Serve as the company's credible technical voice with customer engineering leadership, making architectural calls in real time.

• Own the engineering track of QBRs for your accounts and serve in their on-call escalation path.

• Turn your work into reusable platform primitives and docs, so each deployment makes the next one faster.

Who we’re looking for

• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing production-ready software, with a proven track record of delivering robust, scalable solutions.

• Experience in a customer-facing technical role, Forward Deployed Engineering, solutions engineering with deep technical ownership, or similar - where you were accountable to an external stakeholder, not just an internal roadmap.

• Strong backend and API fluency, with the ability to read and write production code across services you don't own.

• Sound architectural judgment under ambiguity: you can make and defend technical decisions in the room, with a customer watching.

• A genuine pull toward customer-facing work - you find energy in solving a real customer's real problem, alongside their engineers.

• A clear technical communicator who can explain a complex integration tradeoff to a bank's VP of Engineering and to an the company PM in the same afternoon.

Nice to have:

• Experience at a company with a strong Forward Deployed Engineering culture (Palantir, Scale AI, Ramp, Plaid, Stripe, etc.).

• Familiarity with identity, fraud, KYC/KYB, or financial services infrastructure.

• Experience with SDK development or embedded front-end integrations.

We're a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately, and opportunities will grow as the company scales up. If this all sounds like a good fit for you, why not join us?

the company is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Below is the anticipated starting base compensation range for this role; however, pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, in-demand skills, relevant experience, and/or geography. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for equity awards in the form of stock options (ISOs) as well as a competitive total benefits package.

*This position has a salary range of $166,000 to $250,000.*

Benefits and Perks

• Unlimited PTO and flexible work policy

• Employee stock options

• Medical, dental, vision plans with HSA (monthly employer contribution) and FSA options

• 401k with 100% match up to 4% of annual employee compensation

• Eligible new parents receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave

• Home office stipend for new employees

• Annual Learning & Development annual stipend

• Well-being benefits include access to ClassPass, OneMedical, UrbanSitter, and Spring Health

• Hybrid work environment: employees are expected to work Tuesdays through Thursdays from our HQ in Union Square, Manhattan. Tasty lunches catered from a variety of local restaurants and frequent employee-organized cultural events contribute to our positive office energy. On Monday/Friday most employees Zoom into work from home while some take advantage of the quieter office.

the company is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and employer. We're committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with visible and invisible disabilities. We encourage applicants to share needed accommodations with your recruiter.