Forward Deployed Engineer
Harper · San Francisco, CA · 3 wk ago
On-siteEngineering$130k–$250k/yrFull-time
What You'll Do
- Find the leverage. Sit with operators, watch the work, and surface the automations nobody built because nobody knew they were possible yet.
- Build fast. AI agents, internal tools, workflow automations — prototype in days, ship in weeks. Prototype Monday, ship Tuesday, measure Wednesday.
- Stay on the frontier. New model drops, you're testing it that day and asking what it just made trivial.
- Prove it moved a number. Instrument what you ship, track the result, and show the impact in business terms.
- Teach the company what you learned. Present your findings, shape where the roadmap goes next.
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years building software, with a track record of shipping internal tools or automations end-to-end.
- A technical generalist — Python, TypeScript, SQL — who picks up a new tool in days rather than weeks.
- You write code with AI (Cursor, Claude Code) and can run several coding sessions at once.
- You measure yourself in business outcomes: "conversion went up 15%," not "the feature shipped."
- You get energy from impact, not from elegant code for its own sake.
- You can walk into a room of non-technical operators, explain why a number moved, and have them trust you.
Bonus
- LLMs, AI agents, or voice AI;
- A background in operations, sales tech, or workflow automation;
- Prior startup experience.
The Reality
- This is on-site in San Francisco, in person, long days, high standards.
- We move at the pace that produced 100x in a year and ~1,000 new customers a month, and a forward-deployed role lives closest to that pace — you'll be in the work, not adjacent to it.
Logistics
- Location: San Francisco, in-office.
- Based here or willing to relocate.
- Benefits: Uber commuter benefits; breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided; snacks and coffee stocked; free gym membership; health, dental, and vision.
Process
- 15-min founder call → Super Day on-site (technical phone screen first if you're outside SF).
To Apply
To apply: Send your resume and tell us about something you built that moved a measurable business number.
Compensation Range
$130K - $250K