Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Job Description

### 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.