# Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Gridsight

- Company: Gridsight
- What the company does: The energy transition is increasing grid complexity at exactly the moment utilities need to move faster. Gridsight gives utilities a real-time, dynamic understanding of how power flows through the distribution grid. Backed by Insight.
- Company website: https://www.gridsight.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Austin, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/gridsight/jobs/179f961a-7a10-4e62-bf84-a534eec28db4
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gridsight-founding-forward-deployed-engineer/

## About the role

This is a founding role. Forward Deployed Engineering at Gridsight will not be a copy-and-paste model from another company. Our power-system domain is highly specialised, our enterprise go-to-market motion is complex, and the AI landscape is changing quickly. You will help establish the practical model through real work, not inherit one, and have to spend time with both our GTM teams and customers to make it happen.

## What they're looking for

- You are deeply hands-on. You are fluent in Python, SQL, APIs, data pipelines, cloud systems and modern developer tooling, and you can investigate, prototype, debug and ship without waiting for another team
- You are excellent at discovery. You observe how people actually work, ask the questions that reveal the root problem, and distinguish a one-off request from a need worth solving repeatedly
- You have strong product judgement. You can translate technical user needs into useful tools and know when to build, iterate, simplify or stop
- You are credible in complex enterprise environments. You communicate clearly with hands-on engineers, utility leaders and executives, and connect technical work to customer and commercial outcomes
- You are comfortable leading without hierarchy. You have high agency, low ego and sound judgement, you work as a peer, take ownership of difficult work and create momentum across functional boundaries
- You are built for the field. You are willing to travel regularly, spend meaningful time with customers and the U.S. team, and treat direct observation as primary engineering input

Tags: Engineering