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Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

SalesPatriot· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA? (HQ))$150k - $200kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Go-focused, customer-facing engineering role responsible for on-site deployments, process mapping, automation configuration, and leading a team of forward deployed engineers to scale SalesPatriot's platform in client environments.

Responsibilities

  • Go. Fly out and plant yourself inside the customer's operation. Weekdays onsite (Wisconsin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles); weekends SF HQ debriefing.
  • Understand. Map how the company actually operates across sales, supply chain, executives, and CEOs.
  • Implement. Configure automations within SP Studio tooling to reflect customer needs and build trust.
  • Iterate. Own the customer's outcomes and drive organization-wide scaling until SalesPatriot is the operating system for the business.
  • Lead. Manage the Forward Deployed Engineers on your accounts; set priorities and ensure they can run implementations independently.

Qualifications

  • You've owned customer-facing technical work before and can point to results.
  • You own the account and can set technical direction with executives and IT; can say no when needed.
  • You make scoping and trade-off decisions independently.
  • You've mentored or managed engineers; accountable for FDEs hitting outcomes.
  • Strong full-stack engineer: TypeScript, at least one frontend framework (React, Svelte, Next, etc), and SQL (Postgres preferred).
  • You can earn trust with procurement specialists while navigating executive priorities and IT constraints.
  • Willing to travel weekly and relocate full-time to San Francisco; not a remote role.
  • Open to co-living (not required).
  • Low ego, curious, intellectually honest.

Skills

Required:TypeScriptFrontend frameworkSQLCustomer-facing engineeringLeadership / mentorshipTravel
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About SalesPatriot

We help defense firms win more contracts with the Pentagon

SalesPatriot is a back-office operating system for defense firms. It helps you find, review, and bid on RFQ solicitations, both directly with the Pentagon and as a subcontractor. US Government procures billions of dollars worth of parts and products every year, yet the procedure is riddled with red tape and repetitive, manual work. Nelson worked at a manufacturing firm during his gap year prior to attending Berkeley. As the Chief of Staff, he witnessed first-hand the tedious process of finding great contract opportunities, the lengthy solicitation preparation process, and paper-based communication between departments. He teamed up with Ben and Maciej, whom he met during Berkeley's M.E.T. admit day. Both of them had extensive experience in AI research and applications, which they applied to creating a powerful framework for humans and AI agents to collaborate during the lifecycle of a contract. With SalesPatriot, your firm can run on autopilot - we find suitable contracts automatically, ingest RFQs from primes, streamline the communication between the departments, and provide analytics to improve your win rate. Wether you are a manufacturer, reseller, or distributor, SalesPatriot can reduce your manual tasks, increase throughput, and boost your revenue.

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