Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage cybersecurity team building a platform to secure and control enterprise AI. As a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work closely with enterprise security and IT teams while shaping product capabilities through hands-on customer deployments and engineering. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Run customer deployments and pilots, troubleshoot integrations in customer environments, and lead technical sessions with security and IT teams. - Build product features and integrations end to end using Python, Go, or TypeScript. - Own a broad range of practical engineering challenges across an early-stage product. - Turn customer feedback into product improvements and deliver them promptly. - Adapt your focus to the most important engineering and customer needs each week. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Two to five years of experience as a software engineer or forward deployed engineer, including shipping production software in a high-bar engineering environment. - Customer-facing engineering experience, such as forward deployed, solutions, sales, or founding engineering work, or technical account management experience developed from forward deployed engineering. - Experience with at least one of Python, Go, or TypeScript, as well as architecture, databases, and scaling. - Exposure to cybersecurity, identity, or enterprise IT. - Experience across a range of employers, including startups or other technology companies beyond large technology firms. - Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $187,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in California, United States.