# Forward Deployed Engineer at Guac

- Company: Guac (YC S23)
- What the company does: AI-powered forecasting & replenishment for grocery. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.guac.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York, NY, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/guac/jobs/qTXMy4i-forward-deployed-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/guac-forward-deployed-engineer/

## About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Guac, you'll be the technical bridge between our products and our customers. You'll work directly with grocery retailers — from their IT teams to their store operators — to deeply understand their business, integrate with their systems, and ship custom solutions that make our products work for them.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
- Proven experience designing and implementing ETL systems across large distributed datasets (Dagster, Airflow, or similar)
- Excellent communication skills and a commercial mindset — you've worked directly with customers and can hold your own in a room with both engineers and supply chain VPs
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal process — you thrive when given a problem and trusted to figure out the solution
- AI-native: you use Claude Code, Cursor, or similar AI coding tools daily and ship significantly faster because of it

Tags: Engineering