Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

About this role

Alloy is hiring a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to establish a new technical function embedded with enterprise customers. As one of the first two engineers on this founding team, you'll architect end-to-end deployments, write production code across their full stack, and serve as the technical voice for strategic accounts while defining how the function operates.

What you'll do

• Design and optimize customer deployments across API integrations, third-party data sources, SDKs, and latency requirements
• Write production code in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS
• Act as technical advisor to customer engineering leadership and make architectural decisions in real-time
• Own the engineering aspects of quarterly business reviews and provide on-call escalation support
• Convert deployment work into reusable platform primitives and documentation for future projects

What they're looking for

• Full-stack software development (5+ years production experience)
• Backend and API development with multi-service fluency
• Technical communication across executive and engineering audiences
• Architectural decision-making under ambiguity
• Customer-facing technical engagement and solutions engineering
• TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Node.js
• PostgreSQL and cloud infrastructure (AWS)

Benefits

• Founding team role with significant impact and growth opportunity
• Hybrid work environment with three onsite days per week in NYC
• Competitive base salary (specific range not provided in excerpt)
• Recognized as Inc. Magazine Best Workplace and Forbes America's Best Startup Employers
• Collaborative culture with values emphasizing boldness, speed, and inclusivity