# Forward Deployed Engineer at Loadsmart

- Company: Loadsmart
- What the company does: AI-native TMS logistics platform: TMS, dock scheduling, and yard management. Freight Experts step in on exceptions.
- Company website: https://loadsmart.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Chicago
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $116K to $181K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/loadsmart/152abf3a-d8b3-4289-b746-3c16dbabc703
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/loadsmart-forward-deployed-engineer/

## About the role

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING AN INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY? We're looking for an independent, pro-active thinker, technically sharp Forward Deployed Engineer to join our team. We're looking for someone who's as comfortable writing production code as they are sitting in a room with an operations stakeholder who doesn’t care about architecture but focuses on what works for the business.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript, including supporting libraries and frameworks that leverage fast prototyping
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing automated workflows and AI-driven solutions to optimize business processes
- Proven experience building and maintaining APIs and integrations with third-party or enterprise systems
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with non-technical stakeholders — translating operational needs into technical solutions, and clearly explaining technical trade-offs and progress, both in writing and in conversation
- Comfortable being the person in the room when things don't go as planned — able to debug, re-scope, or improvise a solution in front of a customer rather than escalating and waiting
- A track record of shipping working software quickly in ambiguous, fast-changing environments

Tags: Engineering