# Forward Deployed Engineer

**Company:** [SalesPatriot](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/salespatriot)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Skills:** TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Svelte, Next.js, Postgres, SQL, Full-Stack Development
**Posted:** 2026-05-25

> Forward Deployed Engineer embedding at customer sites to implement and iterate on an AI-native supply chain platform. Requires strong TypeScript/JavaScript full-stack skills plus the ability to navigate technical and organizational complexity on-site.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Embed onsite at customer operations (Wisconsin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles) to understand workflows across sales, supply chain, executives, and IT
- Map operational breakpoints and identify automation opportunities within the customer's environment
- Configure and implement automations using SP Studio tooling to align the platform with customer needs
- Own customer outcomes end-to-end, iterating on solutions and driving org-wide adoption until the platform becomes the customer's operating system
- Travel weekdays to customer sites; regroup at SF HQ on weekends for debriefing and continued development

## Requirements
- Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, and at least one frontend framework (React, Svelte, Next.js, etc.)
- Knowledge of SQL databases, preferably PostgreSQL
- Demonstrated ability to ship full-stack projects (frontend + backend)
- Comfortable operating across frontend, backend, and organizational contexts — navigating procurement, executive stakeholders, and IT constraints
- Track record of shipping fast in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments
- Strong interpersonal skills; personable and able to build trust with clients while handling both conversation and code
- Low ego, intellectual honesty, and curiosity focused on outcomes

## Nice-to-Haves
- Interest in co-living arrangements (not required)

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