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DryftDryftSan Francisco, CA

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Founding engineer building intelligent manufacturing automation systems, handling 50% hands-on full-stack development and 50% customer deployments, product design, and operations scaling. Requires full-stack expertise, German fluency, systems thinking, and customer-facing skills with 10-30% travel.

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On-siteFullstack Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Operate at the intersection of product, engineering, and operations (50% engineering, 50% customer interaction).
  • Design the product backbone, work hands-on with users, translate pain points into product improvements, and prototype features (potentially writing production code).
  • Transform operations into scalable product features, data models, and playbooks.
  • Lead full-stack rollouts: scoping, onboarding, integration, training; align IT teams, engineers, and C-level execs (10–30% travel).
  • Shape product DNA, work directly with CEO & CTO, grow into roles like CPO or COO.

Requirements

  • Product architect mindset: turn ERP frustrations into intuitive features; care about UX, speed, simplicity.
  • Sharp mind: quick learner, strong listener, detail-oriented.
  • Systems thinker: design scalable processes in code, operations, and workflows; think in data and automation.
  • Quality-obsessed: high standards, dive deep into problems.
  • Confident communicator: handle execs, IT leaders, maintain humor.
  • Down-to-earth: bond with operators and execs.
  • Fluent in German & English.

Tech Stack

Frontend (TypeScript): React, Chakra UI v3, TanStack Router, TanStack Query, Vite
Backend (Python): FastAPI with Pydantic v2, SQLModel, Postgres with pgvector, dagster
AI: Pydantic AI, Langfuse

Skills

ReactTypeScriptFastAPIPythonPydanticSqlmodelPostgresPgvectorDagsterChakra UiReact QueryTanstack RouterViteLangfuse
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