# Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Crustdata

- Company: Crustdata (YC F24)
- What the company does: Real-time B2B data via simple APIs. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://crustdata.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-11-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/crustdata/jobs/i8DPKdj-founding-forward-deployed-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crustdata-founding-forward-deployed-engineer/

## 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

Tags: Engineering