Forward Deployed Engineer | SF | $250K + equity — San Francisco, CA

PD6fyNS9 ED73bn are partnered with an ambitious, venture-backed AI startup transforming the future of enterprise procurement.

The company is building an AI-native platform designed to act as a Chief of Staff for procurement teams, automating the operational work that traditionally consumes significant amounts of time across sourcing, supplier negotiations, RFQs, contract management and invoice processing.

By combining advanced AI capabilities with enterprise data and existing business workflows, the platform enables procurement teams to operate more efficiently, unlock significant cost savings and focus on higher-value strategic decisions.

The business is already working with mid-market and Fortune 500 organisations and is backed by leading venture capital investors.

With strong early customer traction and an ambitious product roadmap, they're looking to bring on a Forward Deployed Engineer to help shape the next stage of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with enterprise customers to understand their procurement processes, technical environments and operational challenges.

• Design, develop and deploy AI-powered applications and workflows that automate complex business processes.

• Build integrations with enterprise systems, APIs and existing infrastructure, including ERP and procurement platforms.

• Own technical projects end-to-end, from initial discovery and solution design through to production deployment.

• Develop intelligent agents and LLM-powered workflows capable of executing multi-step tasks and interacting with enterprise systems.

• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges in real-world customer environments.

• Translate customer feedback and deployment insights into improvements to the core product.

• Collaborate closely with the founding engineering and product teams to influence technical direction and product strategy.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, product engineering, forward deployed engineering or a similar technical role.

• Strong programming fundamentals and experience building and shipping production-grade software.

• Experience developing backend systems, APIs and integrations, with full-stack experience a plus.

• Exposure to LLMs, AI agents, applied AI or workflow automation.

• Experience working with complex data, enterprise systems or business-critical workflows.

• A product-minded engineer who enjoys understanding customer problems and translating them into practical technical solutions.

• Comfortable engaging directly with customers and communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Someone who thrives in an early-stage environment, enjoys ambiguity and takes ownership beyond their immediate engineering responsibilities.

If this sounds like something of interest, feel free to apply below or reach out to me at ••••••••