Wayline
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
We captured this posting once, on 2026-07-06, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.
- Employer
- Wayline
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Seniority
- Mid level
- Experience asked for
- 3+ years
- Pay band
- Not disclosed
When we saw it
- Posted 2026-06-27 — the date the employer published it
- Archived 2026-07-06 — when we saved this copy
Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.
Skills the posting named
From the posting
We're looking for our first Founding Forward Deployed Engineer. This is not a traditional implementation or solutions engineering role. You'll be writing production code every week, shipping product features, building integrations, solving customer problems, and working side-by-side with our customers to ensure they are wildly successful on Wayline. One day you might build a new integration with a property management system. The next day you might create an AI-powered browser agent that automates a customer's workflow. The next, you might identify a product gap during an onboarding call and ship the feature before the customer notices it was missing. You'll sit at the intersection of Engineering, Product, and Customer Success, acting as the technical owner for new customer onboardings while directly influencing the roadmap. …
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