Stem IT
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
- Stem IT
- Location
- Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Seniority
- Mid level
- Experience asked for
- 4+ years
- Pay band
- $200K
When we saw it
- Posted 2026-06-15 — 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
From the posting
A startup in the Washington, DC area is searching for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join their scaling company. They build a security product that protects the nations critical infrastructure. They have found a good market fit for their product and scaling quickly. This position is on their forward deployed team so they are looking for someone comfortable interfacing with customers and some travel to customers sites. Required - 4+ years of experience in Platform, DevOps, Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering - Strong experience with Kubernetes - Experience with CI/CD - Experience scripting with Python and/or Bash - IaC experience - Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP Desired - Experience with bare-metal Kubernetes deployments Package -Up to 200k base salary -Healthcare -PTO -Equity
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