Starbridge

Founding 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
Starbridge
Location
New York, NY
Seniority
Entry level
Experience asked for
2+ years
Pay band
$200K – $300K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-05-26 — 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

technical executiondata pipeline developmentintegrationcustom applicationtechnical decision making

From the posting

About The Role This is the founding Forward Deployed Engineer seat at Starbridge. You will define what the FDE practice looks like at the company. There is no playbook to execute yet; you write it. You will be paired with a Deployment Strategist who owns the institutional customer relationship. You focus on shipping production software: data pipelines, integrations, and the custom application layer built on top of the customer's existing data infrastructure. Our first engagement is with a major public higher education institution with real scope, real budget, and a multi-million dollar P&L. The technical DNA you build into this first engagement becomes the substrate that compounds across every engagement Starbridge runs next. …

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