Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

Posted Oct 9, 2026 by SalesPatriot · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026

$150,000–$220,000San Francisco, CA +3On-siteFull-time

Leads customer-facing implementations of SalesPatriot's AI-native supply-chain platform, embedding onsite with customers to map operations, configure automations, and own business outcomes.

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At a glance

Posted base pay

$150K–$220KLevel with the median

Midpoint $185K · median $190K

Median $190K

This job$150K–$220KSenior FDE postings1,864 postings · middle 50% of posted pay$160K–$220K

The work

Builds what the customer runs

Balance Mostly building

Project stages

Pre-sales (not covered)
Proof of concept (not covered)
Implementation
Operations

Travel Required, amount not stated

Coding: Writes production code
Builds for: External customers
Level: Senior
Role: Technical lead

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Conditions

Location: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Miami, FL · Los Angeles, CA
Work arrangement: On-site
Remote work restrictions: Not remote; requires full-time relocation to San Francisco and weekly travel to customer sites.
Employment type: Full-time
Travel: Travel required, amount not stated
Pay: Pay details
$150K – $220K • 0.15% – 0.2%

The job description from SalesPatriot

Posted by SalesPatriot on Oct 9, 2026

The Mission

America's industrial base runs on systems built in the 1980s.

Billions of dollars in critical components (F-35 parts, industrial assemblies, electronics, bolts, and hoses) still move through email threads, excel sheets, and disconnected ERPs.

We're replacing that with an AI-native platform that makes aerospace, electronics, industrial, and defense supply-chain operations nearly autonomous. Faster quoting. Faster procurement. Full visibility. Real operational intelligence for the companies our nation depends on.

Quick Facts

YC W25 company. Top 5% growth in batch
Raised $10M+ from investors including Paul Graham, SV Angel, Pear VC, and CRV
Team of 20 co-live in our Warsaw & SF Hacker Houses
7 figure ARR transacting ~$50M a week through our system

The Job

Go. Fly out and plant yourself inside the customer's operation. Weekdays are onsite (Wisconsin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles); weekends we regroup at the SF HQ to debrief and keep building.
Understand. Map how the company actually operates, from sales and supply chain teams to executives and CEOs. Learn the breakpoints choking their growth and speed.
Implement. Configure automations within SP Studio tooling so the platform accurately reflects the customer's needs. Build trust and confidence in SalesPatriot.
Iterate. Take full ownership of the customer's outcome. Keep finding and killing their most pressing problems, leading org-wide scaling, until SalesPatriot is the operating system their business runs on.
Lead. Run the FDEs on your accounts. Set their priorities, review their work, and get them to where they can run an implementation without you.

What We’re Looking For

You've owned customer-facing technical work before and can point to results you delivered.
You own the account. You set technical direction with the customer's executives and IT, decide what gets built first, and tell them no when they're asking for the wrong thing.
You make scoping and trade-off calls on your own, without waiting for sign-off.
You've mentored or managed engineers. Here you're accountable for the FDEs on your accounts hitting their outcomes.
Strong full-stack engineer: TypeScript, at least one frontend framework (React, Svelte, Next, etc), and SQL, preferably Postgres. You still ship production code every week.
You can earn trust with procurement specialists while navigating executive priorities and IT constraints.
Ready to travel every week and relocate full-time to San Francisco. This is not a remote role.
Absolute grinder. Interested in co-living (though not required).
Low ego, curious, intellectually honest.