Dryft
Forward Deployed Engineer - US
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years; examples include consulting, founding a company, or working as an early employee at a high-growth startup.
- Education
- Technical degree or background.
- Visa sponsorship
- The company supports visa.
About the job
Leads customer implementations of Dryft’s manufacturing decision-automation models, combining engineering, customer engagement, and product development.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end rollouts, including scoping, onboarding, integrations, and training.
- Work with users to translate operational needs into product improvements and prototype features, including production code.
- Turn deployment learnings into reusable product features, data models, and playbooks.
What they ask for
- 2+ years in a top-tier role, such as consulting, as a founder, or as an early employee in a high-growth startup.
- Technical degree or background.
- Ability to write production code, understand systems end-to-end, and diagnose customer issues.
- Ready to work onsite in San Francisco and travel 10 to 30%.
Nice to have
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial software, procurement, supply chain, or another industrial domain.
Tools
TypeScript, React, Chakra UI v3, TanStack Router, TanStack Query, Vite, Python, FastAPI
AI focus
Works on models that automate complex human decisions in manufacturing operations; the AI stack includes Pydantic AI and Langfuse.
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