Forward Deployed Engineer
Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-19
Salary: USD 170,000–250,000
Workplace: on_site
About the company
Our client is a cybersecurity company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own technical delivery and communication for important customers, spending roughly 60% of your time coding and 40% in direct customer work.
What you'll do
- Triage customer questions, bug reports, and feature requests.
- Ship fixes and incremental improvements into production.
- Develop deep product and backend knowledge to guide customer decisions.
- Run discovery on customer needs and return improvements to the core product.
- Support technical demonstrations, customer engagements, and industry events.
What we're looking for
- 2 to 5 years of relevant full-stack engineering experience.
- Experience building a product from an early stage.
- Ability to write and ship production code and make improvements from customer feedback.
- A computer science or closely related technical degree.
- Proficiency with TypeScript, React, or Python.
- Strong customer communication and independent ownership of ambiguous work.
Bonus points
- Previous forward deployed engineering experience.
- Demonstrable software delivery alongside a consulting background.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 170,000 to 250,000 per year.
- Equity: 0.08-0.2%.
- Health, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k), commuting support, and office lunch and dinner.
- Relocation support.
Location and work model
- Five days per week onsite in San Francisco, with up to 25% travel. The role expects fast customer responses from 7 AM to 7 PM Pacific time and prompt acknowledgment of urgent requests outside those hours.
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Raydar is an AI-powered talent acquisition firm that serves tech-focused organizations on a contingency basis, charging client companies only after a successful hire. It uses proprietary AI to identify a large pool of candidates and conducts a short 15-minute AI-driven interview (recorded and transcribed) before human recruiters review materials, provide interview prep, and assist with offers and negotiations. What sets it apart is the blend of automated sourcing and screening with hands-on human oversight and tailored client support. Its goal is to help organizations hire more efficiently by speeding up sourcing while maintaining thorough evaluation and negotiation assistance.
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