# Forward Deployed Engineer

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-19

**Salary:** USD 170,000–250,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

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.

## Requirements

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.

## Benefits

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.

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/D8CB883A8B/apply)

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