Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Fonzi is an AI recruiting company powering the hiring behind NYC and SF's top startups. Compensation Typical base: $175K to $240K on founding roles Salary is on the request before your first call. Many roles include equity. Who's hiring 3 founding FDE roles open in NYC, 1 in SF, out of 34 FDE roles 140+ startups from pre-seed to late stage, backed by YC, a16z, Sequoia, General Catalyst and Founders Fund 85% are pre-seed to Series A, so teams are small and you own real scope Who we’re looking for 3+ years in customer-facing engineering: FDE, solutions engineering, or selling your own product as a founder You’ve owned a deployment end to end, from first call to production You turn what customers say into product decisions Python or TypeScript, plus SQL You live in or near NYC or SF and want hybrid or onsite What you could work on The first 10 customer deployments The playbook every later FDE will follow Product calls based on what you saw in the field How it works We text you, learn what you want, and sharpen your profile. Startups send interview requests with a salary bid. You choose who to meet. It's free.