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Forward Deployed Data Engineer

Vori · San Francisco · Remote

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About Vori

Vori is a modern grocery POS system that connects checkout, pricing, ordering, loyalty and reporting in one platform. Built for independent grocers. Backed by Greylock, Y Combinator and South Park Commons.

About the role

Understand the VoriOS system end to end and interdependencies between the system and its integration components Understanding Customer’s needs to define and configure system specifications

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years in FD/Solutions Engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role, ideally in B2B SaaS or fintech
  • Hybrid skillset — strong backend/data engineering fundamentals + ability to interact directly with customer IT teams
  • Domain awareness — familiarity with unstructured data, ETL processes and ML/OCR pipelines
  • Customer empathy — comfort in troubleshooting messy, high-pressure customer environments
  • Bias for autonomy — capable of managing extraction, ingestion, and pipeline tuning with minimal guidance
  • SQL, Regex and scripting proficiency and willingness to learn new technologies
More about this role

At Vori, Forward Deployed Data Engineers bridge the gap between customer systems and our modern grocery platform. You’ll work closely with onboarding managers to configure Vori for each retailer’s unique needs—reducing out-of-stocks, cutting shrink, and driving efficiency.

As one of the Founding Forward Deployed Data Engineers , you won’t just be implementing processes—you’ll be defining them from the ground up . You’ll create the playbooks, data pipelines, and integration systems that allow Vori to scale from our first customers to thousands of stores.

This role is hands-on with data. You’ll wrangle item files and invoices from POS systems, back-office tools, and ERPs—in formats ranging from CSV and EDI to PDFs and even scanned paper—and connect them seamlessly into Vori. Fluency with SQL and data manipulation is essential.

We’re looking for motivated, detail-oriented engineers who thrive at the intersection of people, data, and infrastructure. If you love solving messy integration problems, collaborating with customers, and making technology work in the real world, you’ll feel right at home at Vori.

Understand the VoriOS system end to end and interdependencies between the system...

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