Founding Forward Deployed 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

We’re looking for a forward deployed engineer to bring Avent into the real world.

You’ll work directly with customers, understand how their business actually runs, and turn that into working systems. This is where the product meets reality.

What You’ll Do

• Work directly with customers and rethink how their business operates using Avent
• Understand workflows, constraints, and edge cases, then build systems that actually work inside them
• Write code, integrate systems, and make everything feel seamless in real time
• Own deployments end-to-end and get customers live

What We’re Looking For

• You understand businesses deeply and show up to conversations as a peer, not someone asking basic questions
• You take ownership and move fast without waiting for instructions
• You care about details, how things look, feel, and land in front of a customer
• You build things that work in the real world, not just in theory

Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL

Our culture

• We own outcomes, not tasks We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through.
• Speed is our advantage We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection.
• We care about impact, not optics We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks.
• We’re in this together We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly.

Compensation

• Competitive salary + meaningful equity
• We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work
• You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way

Compensation Range: $100K - $130K