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Built to protect productivity, the new attack surface, Ent understands not just what users and agents do but why, and intervenes at the moment of risk before incidents occur. Where existing tools see events, Ent sees intent, so security teams can step in at the moment of risk instead of investigating days later. Founded by Lou Manousos and Brandon Dixon, co-founders of RiskIQ (acquired by Microsoft) and the team behind Microsoft Security Copilot, Ent is in production with Global 2000 customers across hospitality, financial services, and defense, and backed by Decibel, Sequoia, Crosspoint Capital, Craft Ventures, Shield Capital, Felicis, and In-Q-Tel. We’re now hiring the team that will define this category.\nHow We Work\nCustomer first. The product and the business are built around problems we’ve watched real security teams struggle with - not the other way around. Every roadmap conversation starts with what a CISO told us last week.\nHumble. No drama. We hire people who share the mission and trust each other to deliver. Teamwork over showmanship. Accountability over politics. The work speaks louder than the person doing it.\n Urgency. The window to build a durable security company in the AI era is open right now and it will not stay open. The shot clock has started. We move at the speed of the people we want to protect.\nAbout the Role\nWe are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to build and lead a core function at Ent.\nThis role sits at the intersection of customer delivery, product, and security research. You will work directly with our most strategic customers to stand up real-world deployments, prove value quickly, and shape how our product evolves. This is a ground up opportunity, writing the playbooks for the future.\nFDE at Ent means being a subject matter expert, taking a powerful system and making it real inside complex environments, then turning that into something repeatable and scalable.\nEnt is redefining endpoint security around behavior and intent, executing in real time at the edge. This role is how that vision becomes real inside customer environments. You will help define how modern security products are adopted, how prevention happens at the moment of action, and how security can enable-not slow down-productivity. If done right, this becomes a core advantage for the company.\nWhat You'll Achieve\nBuild the function\nDefine how we deploy, validate, and scale Ent within customer environments\n\nBootstrap process, metrics, documentation and training for the FDE team\n\nOperate across product, customer, and security domains\n\nWork directly with customers\nEmbed with design partners and early customers\n\nLead initial deployments across Insider Risk, DLP, SAT, AV/EDR development, Security for AI and other emerging modules\n\nDrive fast time-to-value through hands-on configuration, iteration, and problem solving\n\nBe a voice of the customer - helping drive\n\nTranslate real customer workflows into durable deployment patterns\n\nShape the product\nAct as “internal customer zero” for the product and engineering teams\n\nIdentify gaps in usability, performance, and real-world applicability\n\nBe a voice of the customer - helping drive product enhancements and product bugs\n\nProvide clear, actionable feedback that directly influences roadmap and prioritization\n\nHelp define what a great end-user experience looks like\n\nBridge into security research\nWork closely with research teams to validate detection and prevention approaches\n\nBring real-world user behavior and threat patterns into the system\n\nHelp evolve intent-aware models through live environments\n\nScale what works\nTurn bespoke deployments into repeatable programs\n\nBuild playbooks, templates, and frameworks that can be handed off to customers or partners\n\nEnable long-term ownership by customer teams and services providers\n\nWhat You’ll Bring\nExperience in working in real world environments, forward deployed engineering, CXE, solutions engineering, or similar roles in cybersecurity or infrastructure\n\nStrong technical foundation (endpoint, systems, security, or adjacent)\n\nProven ability to operate directly with customers in ambiguous, high-impact environments\n\nProduct intuition-you know what makes something usable, valuable, and adopted daily\n\nBuilder mindset-you are comfortable creating structure where none exists\n\nAbility to move fluidly between technical depth, customer engagement, and strategic thinking\n\nExperience taking early-stage deployments and turning them into scalable programs\n\nOur Benefits\nDistributed workplace. While we have positions we hire for in our SF office, we also hire remotely across North America.\n\nOwn a piece of the journey. Every teammate gets meaningful equity on top of their salary.\n\nWe’ve got you covered. Generally, we pay 90% of your medical, dental, and vision is paid by Ent. We also cover 75% for your dependents.\n\nTake the time you need. Our flexible PTO lets you recharge, travel, or just take a breather.\n\nFamily matters. 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave (birth, adoption, or foster)!\n\nLive well. A $100 monthly lifestyle account to spend on what keeps you healthy and happy - fitness, wellness, learning, and more.\n\nSet up your space. A $500 home office stipend when you join as a remote employee.\n\nDiversity & Accommodations\nWe’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where people of all backgrounds, identities, experiences, and abilities are welcomed, valued, and supported. 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