# Forward Deployed Engineer at Pryzm

- Company: Pryzm
- What the company does: AI command center for federal growth - data platform and CRM. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.pryzm.io
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $110K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pryzm/22f2fab1-7f66-43d2-a268-40e2d25fe173
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pryzm-forward-deployed-engineer/

## About the role

Forward Deployed Engineers at Pryzm are the rare engineers who are equally at home in a terminal and in a customer briefing. You will live at the boundary between our product and the hardest operational problems in the federal ecosystem: understanding user needs, implementing product, connecting integrations, and writing code to deliver on the most important outcomes for a customer - whether a government contractor or the government themselves.

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years of software engineering / forward deployed engineering experience, with a strong foundation in at least one backend language (Python, Go, Java, or similar), at a top tier-startup, enterprise, or your own projects
- Hands-on experience deploying or integrating software in complex, real-world environments, not just greenfield development
- Fluency with data: SQL, ETL pipelines, REST APIs, and working with structured and unstructured data sources
- Strong debugging instincts and the ability to diagnose problems across the full stack, including infrastructure and networking layers
- A customer mindset: you understand that the best technical solution is the one that actually gets used
- Exceptional written and verbal communication: you can explain a complex system to a program manager and a junior analyst in the same conversation

Tags: Engineering