Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Unblock complex enterprise deployments by diagnosing and resolving technical and workflow blockers during high-stakes launches.
• Partner with Sales and Deployment Strategy on late-stage deals, providing technical feasibility judgment and credibility with senior municipal stakeholders.
• Translate bespoke customer requirements into scalable abstractions and propose productizable solutions.
• Build targeted code or configuration when necessary, while avoiding long-term product fragmentation or debt.
• Travel to complex or high-value municipalities to understand constraints firsthand and accelerate execution.
• Escalate durable product opportunities back to core teams and help shape roadmap decisions.
• Protect product coherence by ensuring enterprise work aligns with long-term platform strategy.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a full-stack or forward deployed engineer in a production SaaS environment.
• Strong product judgment with a track record of deciding when to build, abstract, configure, or push back.
• Experience working on customer-facing deployments, integrations, or migration-heavy environments.
• Effective communicator with executive-facing credibility.
• Comfortable operating under ambiguity and owning high-impact, revenue-sensitive problems.
• Strong coding ability in TypeScript/Node or similar.
• Startup-oriented operator who moves quickly without over-engineering.
• Able to recognize recurring enterprise patterns and convert them into reusable systems.
• Align closely with Core Values.

Tech Stack

• React
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• GraphQL
• PostgreSQL
• RedwoodJS
• AWS
• OpenAI API

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive base salary ($160,000 - $260,000).
• Equity / stock options.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) program.
• Flexible PTO.