Foxglove is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer for a product-minded full-stack engineer who thrives in customer-facing environments. You will solve complex technical challenges in robotics and observability, working directly with strategic customers to integrate and extend our platform to contribute to both customer solutions and our core product.

What You'll Do

Embed deeply with customer teams to understand business goals, domain constraints, and technical requirements.
Architect and build end-to-end solutions with an experiment-driven, iterative approach.
Draft clear scopes of work, timelines, and success metrics for proofs-of-concept through production roll-outs.
Code side-by-side with customer engineers, deploying on their cloud or on-prem environments to ensure successful adoption.
Partner closely with Sales and Customer Success on the same accounts to guarantee seamless experiences and measurable outcomes.
Relay frontline insights to Research, Product, and Engineering to shape the product roadmap.
Document best practices, contribute to internal libraries, and mentor future FDEs.

What We're Looking For

5+ years of professional experience in full stack JavaScript/TypeScript development.
3+ years of professional experience in Robotics or Autonomous systems.
Experience in customer-facing engineering roles, ideally with robotics or autonomy exposure.
Proven history of rapid prototyping and iterative delivery with external stakeholders.
Front-end strength in React/TypeScript and back-end experience in Node.js or Python.
Solid grasp of network and cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and database-backed REST APIs.
Comfortable owning problems end-to-end, learning what’s missing, and communicating technical details to any audience.
Willingness to travel extensively and work on-site with customers when required.

Nice to Have

Familiarity with C++ or ROS.
Experience with multiple database systems.
Experience designing SDKs, integration libraries, or internal tooling that reduced services cycle time.

Technical Stack

TypeScript, React, Node.js, Python, ROS, SQL, C++, AWS, GCP, Azure

Team & Environment

Partner closely with Sales and Customer Success teams. We are independent thinkers with a passion for creating high quality products and are self-motivated and fast-learning individuals.

Benefits & Compensation

Work remotely when not onsite at customers.
$300 monthly remote budget to build your personal workspace.
Competitive equity grant in a Series A company.
Medical insurance coverage at 90% for employees and 75% for dependents (for US full-time employees only).
401k matching (US full time employees only).
4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break.
All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year.