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Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding)

RemoteRemoteFull TimePosted 24 days ago

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Required skills

  • Full-Stack
  • APIs
  • Integrations
  • Production Systems
  • Customer Interaction
  • Technical Evaluations
  • Technical Deep Dives
  • Product Improvements
  • Roadmap
  • English Communication

Nice to have

  • Developer Tools
  • Customer-Facing Engineering

Role summary

Nango, a YC-backed company providing AI integration solutions for developers, is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer. This full-stack role involves heavy customer interaction, from technical evaluations to production support. Responsibilities include leading customer calls, building integrations, resolving platform issues, and contributing to product improvements and roadmap development. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience, exceptional communication skills, and enjoys helping developers succeed. Experience with developer tools or customer-facing engineering is a plus. This is a remote role open to candidates in North America & Europe.

Forward Deployed Engineer

Nango (YC W23) lets developers build product integrations with AI. It gives agents and applications access to the APIs their users rely on.

More than 700 paying customers use Nango today, including ServiceNow, Monday, Replit, Ramp. We are a YC-backed team of 14 from AWS, GitHub, Okta, Snyk, Netlify, Uber, Samsara, Workato, and other leading developer-tool companies.

We are hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to help customers build with Nango and turn their needs into better products. This is a full-stack engineering role with heavy customer interaction. Expect frequent customer calls, Slack conversations, and pairing sessions alongside hands-on coding. Excellent communication and customer-facing skills are essential.

What You’ll Do

  • Work directly with customers from technical evaluations to production & beyond.

  • Lead customer calls, pairing sessions, and technical deep dives.

  • Build integrations and resolve complex implementation and platform issues.

  • Ship full-stack product improvements, from design through deployment.

  • Keep customers informed with clear updates, expectations, and next steps.

  • Shape the roadmap with what you learn from customers.

Who You Are

  • You communicate exceptionally well in English, on calls and in writing.

  • You build customer trust, listen carefully, and explain technical tradeoffs clearly.

  • You enjoy frequent customer interaction and helping developers succeed.

  • You have 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience.

  • You translate customer needs into thoughtful, lasting product solutions.

  • You are comfortable debugging APIs, integrations, and production systems.

  • You manage multiple customer priorities and follow through reliably.

  • Experience with developer tools or customer-facing engineering is a plus.

Location

This is a remote role open to candidates based in North America & Europe

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