Bobyard

Forward Deployed Engineer

We captured this posting once, on 2026-06-16, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Bobyard
Location
San Francisco, CA
Seniority
Not stated
Experience asked for
Not stated
Pay band
$120K – $150K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-06-12 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-06-16 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

software engineeringproduct thinkingcustomer partnershipsystem designperformancearchitecturesystem scalingdiscoverydata modelinginfrastructurefrontenddeployment

From the posting

Position Overview Forward Deployed Engineers at Bobyard work directly with our most strategic customers — general contractors — to solve critical problems end-to-end. You’ll embed with customer teams, understand their workflows, and ship solutions directly in their environment. From prototype to production in days. The patterns you establish become core product features. This role combines software engineering, product thinking, and customer partnership. High autonomy, high impact. What You’ll Do Embed & ship: Work directly in customer instances. Identify high-leverage problems. Build full-stack: React, Django, PostgreSQL. Ship in weeks, not quarters. Own outcomes: Define ambiguous problems and deliver scalable solutions. Design systems that handle 10x usage. Bridge product ↔ customer: Your field work informs roadmap. Convert one-off solutions into platform capabilities. …

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