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# Forward Deployed Engineer at Pryzm

- **Company:** Pryzm
- **Location:** Boston Dc OR, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-05-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pryzm/22f2fab1-7f66-43d2-a268-40e2d25fe173/application

**Skills:** Python, Go, Java, SQL, ETL pipelines, REST APIs, Backend development, Software deployment, System integration, Debugging, Infrastructure, Networking

> Forward Deployed Engineers bridge the gap between product and federal customers by deploying the Pryzm platform, writing production code, and integrating systems to solve complex operational problems in the federal ecosystem.

## Job description

Position: Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta) Location: Boston, NYC, Washington DC (On-Site)

## About Pryzm

Pryzm is transforming how organizations engage with the federal government. Today, federal procurement and business development is fragmented across disconnected workflows, siloed intelligence, and institutional knowledge locked in spreadsheets and inboxes. Pryzm’s AI brings together market intelligence, budget data, program visibility, and human insights into a single platform that helps teams navigate and win in the federal ecosystem. Big data, meets CRM, meets AI. Our mission is simple: deliver the right capabilities to the missions that matter most.

## The Role

Forward Deployed Engineers at Pryzm are the rare engineers who are equally at home in a terminal and in a customer briefing. You will live at the boundary between our product and the hardest operational problems in the federal ecosystem: understanding user needs, implementing product, connecting integrations, and writing code to deliver on the most important outcomes for a customer - whether a government contractor or the government themselves.

FDEs are builders who also sit close to the customer, accelerating time-to-value for new deployments, and solving problems that no one has fully defined yet. We are looking for product-minded engineers who are energized by constraints, thrive under ambiguity, and find deep satisfaction in seeing their work create real-world impact, not just ship.

## What You’ll Do

- Deploy and configure the Pryzm platform in customer environments, including data ingestion pipelines, integrations, and custom workflow automation
- Write production-quality code (scripts, APIs, and lightweight applications) to extend platform capabilities and solve customer-specific problems
- Integrate Pryzm with third-party data sources, government systems, and customer infrastructure
- Diagnose and resolve technical issues rapidly in the field, with limited access to core infrastructure or remote support
- Translate operational requirements from non-technical stakeholders into clean technical specifications and working software
- Build tooling, templates, and reusable components that accelerate future deployments
- Partner with the product engineering team to surface field-discovered bugs, feature gaps, and architecture feedback
- Own technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and IT/security leads
- Contribute to internal knowledge bases, deployment playbooks, and engineering documentation

## What We’re Looking For

- 2+ years of software engineering / forward deployed engineering experience, with a strong foundation in at least one backend language (Python, Go, Java, or similar), at a top tier-startup, enterprise, or your own projects
- Hands-on experience deploying or integrating software in complex, real-world environments, not just greenfield development
- Fluency with data: SQL, ETL pipelines, REST APIs, and working with structured and unstructured data sources
- Strong debugging instincts and the ability to diagnose problems across the full stack, including infrastructure and networking layers
- A customer mindset: you understand that the best technical solution is the one that actually gets used
- Exceptional written and verbal communication: you can explain a complex system to a program manager and a junior analyst in the same conversation
- Experience working in or alongside the federal government, defense, or intelligence community is a strong plus

## Qualifications

- Located in or willing to relocate to New York, Washington DC, or Boston. This is a fully on-site position.
- US Person required
- Veterans and those with military or intelligence community backgrounds strongly encouraged to apply
- Willingness for regular customer travel

## Benefits

Pryzm offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Platinum healthcare: comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage fully covered for employees and dependents
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance fully covered, with the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents
- Relocation assistance available

## About Pryzm

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Pryzm is the AI command center for federal business development, providing a platform that combines defense intelligence, CRM, and AI-powered tools to help companies navigate and win government contracts.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed VC)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, United States (90 Canal Street, Suite 427)
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Nick LaRovere (CEO), David Istrati (CTO), Justin Deckert (CGO/CBO), Matt Hawkins (Head of Operations)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Government Technology (GovTech), Defense Intelligence, B2G SaaS
- **Target customers**: B2B (B2G) – Defense and government contractors, including emerging defense tech startups, established prime contractors, and government program offices.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To revolutionize government contracting by eliminating information silos and providing a unified, AI-driven operating system for federal business development and accelerated acquisitions.

## Products & Services
- **[Pryzm Platform – AI Command Center]**: A unified AI-powered platform for the full lifecycle of federal business development, from capture and relationship management to delivery and revenue. Features include:
    - **Budget Intelligence**: Analysis of over 1.1M companies and $6.3T in total contract value, covering all levels of DoD budget data (RDT&E, Procurement, O&M).
    - **Contextual Relationship Management (CRM)**: Purpose-built for the National Security Ecosystem, mapping and tracking critical relationships, enriched contacts, and network graphing.
    - **Company & Organization Intelligence**: Detailed intelligence on defense ecosystem companies, DoD organizations, program executive offices (PEOs), and committees.
    - **Congressional Intelligence**: Comprehensive data on committees, members, staffers, bill tracking, and voting history.
    - **AI-Powered Assistant (Pryzm AI Agents)**: A personalized defense analyst that provides daily feeds of relevant contracts, awards, and news, and allows users to chat with an LLM trained on Pryzm's dataset.
    - **Orion™ Network Graph**: An interactive map that unifies data from budgets, CRMs, and research to reveal connections and relationships.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Total Funding**: $14.3M raised across multiple rounds, including a $2M pre-seed and a $12.2M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (closed in late 2025).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (lead in Seed round), Amplify.LA, XYZ Venture Capital, Forum Ventures, First In.
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - Raised $12.2M in a Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz in late 2025.
    - Received FedRAMP® High Authorization (2025-11-20), a critical security certification for selling to federal agencies.
    - Partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to streamline defense budget management (2025-03-20).
    - Headcount growth is strong, with a ~5.1% monthly increase, currently at 26 employees.
    - Founded by alumni of Palantir and Lockheed Martin, signaling deep domain expertise.
    - Track record of high-profile client wins among industry leaders.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Domain Expertise & Data Moat**: Built by former Palantir and Lockheed Martin employees, giving them an insider’s understanding of defense and government markets. They have compiled the most comprehensive dataset of defense intelligence, covering over 2M opportunities, 30M contract awards, and 1.1M companies.
- **FedRAMP High Authorization**: A significant barrier to entry for competitors, as this certification is often a mandatory requirement for federal contracts.
- **AI-First, Purpose-Built Platform**: Unlike general CRMs, Pryzm is a purpose-built AI command center that integrates budget, congressional, and relationship data into a single workflow, addressing the specific complexity of government acquisitions.
- **Network Effects**: As more contractors use the platform, the data on relationships, budgets, and opportunities becomes more valuable and defensible.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: 
    - Scaling the platform and customer base following their recent $12.2M funding injection.
    - Deepening capabilities for both emerging defense tech startups and established prime contractors.
    - Continuing to achieve and maintain high-level security certifications (FedRAMP, DoD IL5).
    - Expanding beyond DoD into broader government agencies.
    - Building out their AI Agents to further automate and accelerate business development workflows.

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact Mission**: Directly contribute to accelerating national security and defense innovation by helping companies win critical government contracts.
- **Elite Founding Team & Culture**: Built by Palantir and Lockheed Martin alumni, suggesting a culture of rigor, intelligence, and high performance. The team is still small (~26 people), offering significant ownership and impact.
- **Cutting-Edge Tech Stack**: Work on a modern, AI-first platform that combines large-scale data, advanced analytics, and LLM-powered agents.
- **Profile**: The company is well-funded ($14.3M) and backed by top-tier venture capital (Andreessen Horowitz), providing financial stability and growth resources.
- **Growth Trajectory**: High growth environment (5.1% monthly headcount growth, recent funding round) presents excellent career advancement opportunities.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Based in Boston (90 Canal Street, near North Station). The specific remote/office policy is likely flexible and best confirmed during the interview process. The team also has presence in the UK.
- **Notable Perks**: Working on a mission-critical problem for the U.S. government and defense ecosystem. Access to a network of top-tier investors and industry leaders.

## Sources
1. [Pryzm.io](https://www.pryzm.io/)
2. [Pryzm Careers](https://pryzm.io/careers)
3. [Pryzm Company Page](https://www.pryzm.io/company)
4. [CB Insights](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/pryzm)
5. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pryzm-dynamics)
6. [Yahoo Finance (FedRAMP High Authorization)](https://finance.yahoo.com/)
7. [PR Newswire (DIU Partnership)](https://www.prnewswire.com/)

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