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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Crustdata · San Francisco, CA, US · On-site

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About Crustdata

Real-time B2B data via simple APIs. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We’re looking to bring on our first Forward Deployed Engineer to round out our founding team. You’ll be a technical partner to revenue and product teams: build rapid prototypes and demo tooling, ship customer integrations, and deliver repeatable solutions that help Sales close deals.

What they're looking for

  • 1+ years in customer-facing engineering (FDE, solutions, PS, pre-sales)
  • 1+ years experience shipping production code (Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript) + strong SQL and data stack experience (warehouses, ETL/ELT, data modeling)
  • Strong software skills and CS fundamentals
  • Clear communicator who can translate technical tradeoffs for business stakeholders
  • Comfortable working in fast, cross-functional startup environments
More about this role

We’re looking to bring on our first Forward Deployed Engineer to round out our founding team.

The way information on the internet is consumed is changing. It's shifting from humans searching pre-crawled information on Google to AI agents doing real-time targeted crawling from sources of truth. But, there’s no “Google” for AI agents… yet.

That’s where we come in. At Crustdata, we are building the gateway to the internet for AI agents. We already serve over 250 customers, are profitable and growing very fast. We're backed by some of the best investors in Silicon Valley including Y Combinator, General Catalyst, SV Angel, A Capital and Liquid 2 Ventures.

Our mission: To be the way AI agents use and interface with the internet.

We’re looking for our first Forward Deployed Engineer. This is a great opportunity to learn, take ownership, and set a foundation for rapid career growth.

You’ll be a technical partner to revenue and product teams: build rapid prototypes and demo tooling, ship customer integrations, and deliver repeatable solutions that help Sales close deals.

  • Build rapid prototypes and POCs for prospects.
  • Create demo tooling and reusable templates to accelerate sales.
  • Run...

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