Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI software for industrial distributors. As a customer-facing founding engineer, you will take deployments from discovery through production and turn customer workflows into product capabilities. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Customize data ingestion for customer file formats, ERP systems, and workflows to get deployments live quickly. - Lead discovery conversations and site visits, then translate what you learn into product improvements. - Build and ship prototypes, internal tools, and customer-facing workflows, and refine successful experiments for production. - Develop AI agents and LLM-powered workflows that automate manual work. - Prepare and deliver product demos, support prospective customers, and help convert pilots into customers. - Own technical customer relationships after launch, helping customers get value and identifying opportunities to improve the product. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - One to five years of full-stack or backend engineering experience building and shipping production software used by real customers. - Experience with Python and TypeScript. - A degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, mathematics, physics, or engineering. - Experience working directly with customers in forward-deployed engineering, sales engineering, solutions engineering, or a similar role. - Confidence presenting technical work and demos to non-technical buyers. - Daily engineering experience with Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex. - Experience building a project from zero to one, such as a side project with users, open-source software, or a new venture. - Hardware, procurement, supply chain, ERP, or legacy-system integration experience is useful. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary is $150,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California, United States. The team works from the office five days a week.