Forward Deployed Engineer

Austin, Texas

Hybrid

Full-time

We're looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers to design, build, and launch AI-powered software on Path.

You'll spend your time embedded with customers—understanding their business, translating ideas into working products, and shipping everything from internal tools to customer-facing applications. If you enjoy solving real business problems, moving quickly, and wearing both product and engineering hats, you'll feel right at home.

What we're looking for

• 2–5 years of experience as a software engineer, solutions engineer, implementation engineer, or technical consultant
• Strong experience building modern web applications with
  React
  ,
  TypeScript
  , and modern frontend frameworks
• Experience working with
  GCP
  ,
  Postgres
  ,
  REST APIs
  , and third-party integrations
• Comfortable working directly with customers to understand requirements and present solutions
• Strong product intuition and the ability to make thoughtful decisions with limited direction
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies, APIs, and AI capabilities
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable in a fast-moving startup where priorities evolve quickly

Bonus

• Experience building AI-powered applications
• Experience with TanStack Router and TanStack Query
• Experience deploying production applications on Google Cloud
• Experience working in startups or consulting environments

What you'll do

• Partner directly with customers to understand their business and technical goals
• Design, build, and launch production AI applications using Path
• Build internal tools, customer portals, websites, mobile apps, automations, and AI workflows
• Integrate customer systems including CRMs, ERPs, databases, APIs, and third-party services
• Prototype new ideas quickly and iterate based on customer feedback
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve customer implementations
• Work closely with Product and Engineering to influence the Path platform based on customer needs
• Help establish best practices for deploying AI across industries

Technologies you'll work with

• React
• TypeScript
• TanStack
• GCP
• Postgres
• AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
• APIs, integrations, and modern cloud infrastructure

Compensation

$90,000–$120,000 base salary

Additional compensation may include:

• Equity (stock options)
• Performance bonuses
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO

Why Path?

At Path, we're building the platform that enables businesses to create software with AI. Instead of spending months building applications from scratch, our customers launch production-ready software in days.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll be at the center of that transformation. You'll work alongside founders, executives, and operators across industries to build software that immediately impacts how their businesses operate.

Every week brings new industries, new technical challenges, and new products to build. If you love shipping, solving complex problems, and working directly with customers, we'd love to meet you.