Hiring: Founding Forward Deployed Engineer (up to $220k) Company: Dex Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 17:57:19 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: Forward Deployed Engineering, AI Agents, Manufacturing Operations, ERP Systems, Product Architecture, Prototyping, Production Code, Systems Thinking, Customer-Facing Engineering, Implementation, Integration, Data Models, Automation, German Fluency Experience: - At least 2 years of full-time professional experience - Customer-facing from day one - Roughly half engineering, half customer work - Own implementations end-to-end, from scoping to integration - Work directly with the CEO and CTO to shape the product Required Skills: - Translate complex manufacturing operational problems into product features - Prototype and write production-grade code to implement new features and fixes - Own customer implementations end-to-end: scoping, onboarding, integration, and training - Extract reusable features, data models, and playbooks from each customer rollout - Product architect mindset: turn complex user frustrations into intuitive, performant features - Write production code and prototype features independently, not just hand off specs - Systems thinking: design scalable processes in code, operations, and human workflows, defaulting to data and automation Qualifications: - At least two years of full-time professional experience - Ability to be customer-facing from day one - Product architect mindset - Ability to write production code and prototype features yourself - Systems thinking approach - Fluency in German is a significant advantage Compensation: - Up to $220k Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!