Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 4, 2026. Clera scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the Role
Join an early engineering team building an AI-powered integration platform for businesses. You will own core systems across agent orchestration, infrastructure, and the integrations runtime, helping establish the technical foundation for the product.
What You'll Do
Build and operate the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime end to end.
Establish engineering patterns and systems that support future team growth.
Work closely with company leadership, ship frequently to production, and shape the overall system.
What We're Looking For
Two to nine years of professional software engineering experience, with repeated ownership of production systems.
Broad engineering experience across AI agent platforms, infrastructure, and integration runtimes.
Experience using AI coding agents while applying sound judgment to production quality.
Strong engineering, computer science, or quantitative foundations, supported by a completed or in-progress degree from a well-regarded technical university.
Experience founding a venture with outside funding or full-time employees, or working as an engineer at an early-stage startup backed by a leading accelerator or top-tier investors.
Experience with TypeScript, React, Bun, Effect-TS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and AWS.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: $150,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship may be available when an O-1 visa is a realistic option.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, five days per week. Candidates currently elsewhere in the United States should have a concrete, dated relocation plan to San Francisco.