Description:
A YC-backed Security startup is looking for a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to join the team at a pivotal stage of growth.
They’re building AI-native products for institutions and moving from early traction into scale. As one of the earliest engineering hires, you’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and customers — helping translate complex real-world problems into elegant technical solutions.
This is a role for people who enjoy speed, ownership, and solving difficult problems in environments with very little structure and very high ambition.
The role
- Work directly with customers to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions at pace
- Build production-grade systems and features that create immediate customer value
- Deploy, iterate, and continuously improve implementations based on feedback
- Partner closely with founders on product direction and technical decisions
- Help establish engineering processes and shape how the team scales
- Own outcomes, not just tickets
Who they’re looking for
- Exceptional software engineers with strong technical fundamentals
- Experience at a high-calibre startup or leading technology company preferred
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity and taking initiative
- Strong product instinct and ability to work closely with end users
- Bias toward action and shipping
- Excited by joining early and helping build something from first principles
You’ll do well here if you…
- Prefer building over discussing
- Enjoy high autonomy and high accountability
- Like solving new problems rather than maintaining legacy systems
- Want close proximity to customers and business impact
- Are energised by ambitious teams and fast execution cycles
Why join?
- Early ownership with meaningful technical influence
- Direct access to founders and strategic decisions
- Opportunity to shape an AI product from early scale through growth
- Collaborative, highly driven team environment
- Competitive compensation and meaningful upside