Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer at SalesPatriot — San Francisco, CA, US

  • Company: SalesPatriot
  • Location: San Francisco, CA, US
  • Employment type: Full-time
  • Posted: 2026-05-25

About this role

THE MISSION

America's industrial base runs on systems built in the 1980s.

Billions of dollars in critical components (F-35 parts, industrial assemblies, electronics, bolts, and hoses) still move through email threads, excel sheets, and disconnected ERPs.

We're replacing that with an AI-native platform that makes defense, aerospace, and industrial supply-chain operations nearly autonomous. Faster quoting. Faster procurement. Full visibility. Real operational intelligence for the companies our nation depends on.

QUICK FACTS

  • YC W25 company. Top 5% growth in batch
  • Raised $10M+ on a hyper-growth trajectory.
  • Backed by Paul Graham, SV Angel, Pear VC, and CRV
  • Team of 17 Co-live in our Warsaw & SF Hacker Houses
  • 7 figure ARR transacting ~50M a week through our system

THE JOB

  • Go. Fly out and plant yourself inside the customer's operation. Weekdays are onsite (Wisconsin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles); weekends we regroup at the SF HQ to debrief and keep building.
  • Understand. Map how the company actually operates, from sales and supply chain teams to executives and CEOs. Learn the breakpoints choking their growth and speed.
  • Implement. Configure automations within SP Studio tooling so the platform accurately reflects the customer's needs. Build trust and confidence in SalesPatriot.
  • Iterate. Take full ownership of the customer's outcome. Keep finding and killing their most pressing problems, leading org-wide scaling, until SalesPatriot is the operating system their business runs on.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

  • Absolute grinder. Interested in co-living (though not required).
  • Ready to relocate to SF full-time. This is not a remote role.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.
  • Track record of shipping fast.
  • Full-stack beyond code: comfortable jumping between frontend, backend, and organizational politics — earning trust with procurement specialists while navigating executive priorities and IT constraints.
  • Motivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack.
  • Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, and at least one frontend library (React, Svelte, Next etc).
  • Be ready to show us at least one full-stack project you've shipped (GitHub repo / web app / Loom demo video).
  • Knowledge of SQL databases, preferably Postgres.
  • Personable: clients trust you, like you, and look forward to your updates. You handle the conversation and the code.
  • Low ego, curiosity, and intellectual honesty — focused on outcomes, not "being right."

THE PROCESS

30 min intro call → Technical test → 15 min call with founder → fly out to SF HQ (on us) → offer.

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