# Principal Forward Deployed Engineer at Spruce Systems

- Company: Spruce Systems
- What the company does: Spruce Systems delivers AI site audits for commercial landscaping teams. More visibility, more quotes, less windshield time — without extra work for crews. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.sprucesystems.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-11-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/spruceid/ef6a9686-0985-431d-81e7-1445e0622a26
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spruce-systems-principal-forward-deployed-engineer/

## About the role

Define technical strategy and architecture for public sector deployments, ensuring both technical excellence and alignment with policy and operational needs Act as the senior technical representative in executive-level customer meetings, bridging the gap between technical details and business or policy outcomes

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering production-grade software in statically typed languages (Rust, Go, Java, C#)
- Proven ability to lead large-scale engineering efforts that span multiple teams and organizations
- Strong expertise across the software development stack, including infrastructure, devops, architecture, frontend, and mobile
- Demonstrated experience working with public sector or highly regulated industries, including direct customer engagement at both executive and technical levels
- Excellent leadership, communication, and consulting skills with the ability to influence strategy as well as execution
- Based in the US and willing to travel as needed to support state government partners

Tags: Engineering