Avent Verified
Consumer Goods, Baby Products, Healthcare Technology
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$100,000–$130,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Avent is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge the gap between their product and real-world customer operations. This role involves deep customer engagement to understand business needs and translate them into functional systems. Responsibilities include writing code, integrating systems for seamless real-time operation, and owning deployments from start to finish. The ideal candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented individual with a strong business acumen and a drive for execution, working onsite in San Francisco.
We’re looking for a forward deployed engineer to bring Avent into the real world.
You’ll work directly with customers, understand how their business actually runs, and turn that into working systems. This is where the product meets reality.
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**What you’ll do**
* Work directly with customers and rethink how their business operates using Avent
* Understand workflows, constraints, and edge cases, then build systems that actually work inside them
* Write code, integrate systems, and make everything feel seamless in real time
* Own deployments end-to-end and get customers live
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**What we’re looking for**
* You understand businesses deeply and show up to conversations as a peer, not someone asking basic questions
* You take ownership and move fast without waiting for instructions
* You care about details, how things look, feel, and land in front of a customer
* You build things that work in the real world, not just in theory
_Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL_
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**Our culture**
* **We own outcomes, not tasks**\
We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through.
* **Speed is our advantage**\
We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection.
* **We care about impact, not optics**\
We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks.
* **We’re in this together**\
We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly.
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**Compensation**
* Competitive salary + meaningful equity
* We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work
* You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way
You’ll work directly with customers, understand how their business actually runs, and turn that into working systems. This is where the product meets reality.
\
**What you’ll do**
* Work directly with customers and rethink how their business operates using Avent
* Understand workflows, constraints, and edge cases, then build systems that actually work inside them
* Write code, integrate systems, and make everything feel seamless in real time
* Own deployments end-to-end and get customers live
\
**What we’re looking for**
* You understand businesses deeply and show up to conversations as a peer, not someone asking basic questions
* You take ownership and move fast without waiting for instructions
* You care about details, how things look, feel, and land in front of a customer
* You build things that work in the real world, not just in theory
_Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL_
\
**Our culture**
* **We own outcomes, not tasks**\
We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through.
* **Speed is our advantage**\
We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection.
* **We care about impact, not optics**\
We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks.
* **We’re in this together**\
We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly.
\
**Compensation**
* Competitive salary + meaningful equity
* We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work
* You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way
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