Foxglove is hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer, Forward Deployed. In this role, you'll embed with strategic customers to integrate and extend Foxglove's platform within their robotics and autonomous systems environments. You'll solve complex problems hands-on, contribute to our core product, and help accelerate the next generation of robotics and embodied AI.

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; your learnings shape our roadmap.
Document best practices, contribute to internal libraries, and mentor future team members so the function scales efficiently.

What We're Looking For

5+ years of professional experience in 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

You will partner closely with Sales and Customer Success teams.

Benefits & Compensation

$300 monthly budget towards commuter benefits or building your personal workspace (remote only).
Competitive equity grant in a Series B company.
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Term Life insurance coverage at 100% for employees and 75% for dependents.
401k matching up to 4%.
4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break.
All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year.