# Forward Deployed Engineer at Sphere

- Company: Sphere
- What the company does: Manage VAT, GST, and sales tax worldwide with Sphere’s global tax compliance software. Automate registration, calculation, and filing seamlessly. Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.getsphere.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco HQ
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sphere/7b5f39b0-6f3f-4bc4-9469-74ae9722d85a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sphere-forward-deployed-engineer/

## About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Sphere, you’ll embed directly with Sphere's most strategic customers to understand their cross-border business workflows, identify the highest-impact compliance challenges, and design and deliver custom solutions that make Sphere fit seamlessly into their operations.

## What they're looking for

- Experience in an FDE or customer-facing engineering role
- Experience executing and shipping bespoke customer features, end-to-end
- Ownership. Takes a problem from ambiguous to shipped without being told how, keeps the customer outcome in sight the whole way, and doesn't drop threads
- Relentlessly curious. You don't wait to be pointed at the answer - you go find it, and you know when to pull in someone who knows more than you
- Strong communication skills. We work at an extremely fast pace, so clear, concise communication is essential
- Customer obsession. You’re going to be talking to a lot of people in the finance realm (Controller, Heads of Finance, Heads of Tax). You need to like them and obsess over them

Tags: Engineering