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Forward Deployed Engineer

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fermat logoFermat · San Francisco, CA
$180K–$250K/yrFull-timeOn-site2w ago
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Responsibilities

  • Partner directly with enterprise brands and retailers to discover, design, and deliver AI-powered commerce solutions - you own the full arc from problem to production.
  • Build MVPs that prove concepts to customers within 3-7 days - from customer call to scoped solution to working demo.
  • Use AI tools as a force multiplier to ship production code faster.
  • Coordinate delivery across sales, account management, and engineering to make sure what gets built actually ships - and that clients see the value.
  • Work shoulder-to-shoulder with our founders and the FDE team to push the frontier of what's possible with AI in commerce.

Requirements

  • A high-agency operator with 2-5+ years of experience - ex-founders strongly preferred.
  • Relentlessly curious about AI - you're always trying the latest tools and techniques, and you've got the side projects, experiments, and "I built this over a weekend" stories to prove it.
  • A natural at asking the right questions. You understand that great discovery is what separates a solution that lands from one that misses.
  • Someone from a B2B company background who's comfortable navigating complex client relationships and delivering under pressure.
  • Comfortable building in ambiguity - often you're the one writing the playbook everyone else follows.
  • Skills to Know
  • 2-3 years minimum, ideally 5+, of relevant experience; ex-founder background strongly preferred
  • Deep, demonstrated comfort with AI tools in your actual workflow - Claude, Cursor, or equivalent
  • Strong structured thinking: you can take a messy client problem and rapidly scope a clear build path
  • Agency to ask the right questions, rapid problem scoping, and consistent delivery of tangible output
  • B2B company background and experience working across sales, product, and engineering stakeholders

Benefits

Compensation: $180,000-$250,000 base salary + annual bonusComprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependentsRetirement benefits:US: 401(k) plan with 4% matchingIndia: Provident Fund with 12% matching4 months of paid parental leaveUnlimited PTO policy (with minimum 5 days PTO / quarter!)Health insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance401(k)Paid time offPerformance bonusParental leave

Additional Information

FERMÀT is the leading commerce AI platform that partners with the world's largest brands to deliver dynamic, personalized shopping experiences. Our technology powers the customer journeys behind enterprises like GNC, Backcountry, and Glossier and allows them to deliver best-in-class shopper engagement and conversion while enabling them to stay on the cutting edge of what's possible in agentic commerce. We're backed by VMG, Bain Capital Ventures, Greylock, and QED, and have been named The Information's #1 commerce startup. We're a 60+ person team based in SF, NYC, and Bangalore - come build the infrastructure of the future of commerce with us! --

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