Forward Deployed Engineer at S32 (San Francisco, CA)

S32· San Francisco, CA· $170k–$280k·5h ago

Role details

Salary

$170k–$280k

Work type

Hybrid

Employment

Full-Time

Job description

To further our commitment to driving the growth of S32's portfolio companies, we are looking for experienced Forward Deployed Engineers who are enthusiastic about developing products with clients.

If you are excited about making a significant impact, shaping a company's direction, and advancing your career, we would love to connect and discuss potential opportunities.

About us: S32 is a venture capital firm investing at the frontiers of technology. Founded by Bill Maris, the team has vast experience building iconic companies. Our goal is to accelerate the discovery, development, and distribution of revolutionary technologies that improve the human condition. We invest across the entirety of technology. This includes artificial intelligence, enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, quantum computing, computational biology, and biotechnology.

Why work at S32

Mission-driven work: Opportunity to work on high-stakes national security and critical infrastructure protection with direct impact.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Six weeks PTO guaranteed annually
- Zero-premium health insurance (medical, dental, vision) — 100% covered by S32
- 401(k) matching and profit-sharing program
- Child-care cost assistance for every employee
- Up to $100/month toward gym and fitness
- Annual refreshed iPhone and laptop (hardened/secured); remote staff get a quarterly WFH allowance
- Paid parental leave
Work environment: Hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site) with flexible scheduling. Culture described as "healthy and inclusive" with emphasis on continuous training, professional development, and collaboration.
Open roles: Currently hiring for AI/ML, hardware/robotics, and sales positions across San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Pittsburgh.

About S32

Company Overview

One-liner: S32 Technologies builds governed cyber, intelligence, lawful-access, and secure-infrastructure capabilities for approved government, defense, law-enforcement, service-provider, and critical-infrastructure missions.
Entity Type: Private
Headquarters: San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Founded: 2017
Founders: Not publicly available

Core Business

Primary industries: Cybersecurity, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Lawful Interception, Defense Communication, National Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection
Target customers: Governments, defense agencies, law enforcement, national security/intelligence organizations, armed forces, service providers (telecom/carriers), and enterprise/critical infrastructure operators
Mission or purpose: "Defending Today. Securing Tomorrow." — to provide governed, auditable, and sovereign cyber capabilities for missions that cannot fail.

Products & Services

S32 delivers a unified platform across five operating environments, each with tailored mission profiles:

InterceptPlus / InterceptPlus Intel: Lawful interception and intelligence collection platform — mapped to legal authority, with evidence that holds up in court. For law enforcement and national security.
Genesis: All-source fusion and OSINT platform that turns scattered signals into a single, sourced intelligence picture — every claim cited, every action audited.
Magen: Intelligence fusion and mission management for national security and armed forces.
NetDefense: Cyber and network defense for armed forces, enterprise, and critical infrastructure — detection, response, and resilience.
ShadowStrike: Deployable, air-gapped offensive and defensive cyber operations for armed forces.
TrulyAware: Detection, response, and resilience for operators of systems that cannot go down.
Makom Cloud: Managed, secure cloud infrastructure operated by S32 (also available as sovereign cloud/on-premise or air-gapped deployment).

Market Standing

Valuation/Market Cap: Not publicly available (private company)
Key Metric: Total employees ~37 (as of latest data)
Notable Investors/Partners: S32 is described as a venture capital firm founded by Bill Maris (formerly of Google Ventures) which is also named S32 — it is unclear from available data if S32 Technologies is a portfolio company or a separate entity. No specific lead investors or funding rounds are publicly visible.
Growth Signals: Operating at the intersection of government cyber missions and high-tech innovation; active hiring for AI/ML research scientists, machine learning engineers, hardware/robotics engineers, and account executives; expanding into AI and hardware talent pools.

Competitive Advantages

Governed by design: All actions are append-only, audited, and built for court and oversight — a critical differentiator for government and lawful-intercept missions.
Sovereign deployment: Capabilities can run in S32's managed cloud, on customer premises, or fully air-gapped — critical for classified and top-secret operations.
Multi-environment platform: A single platform serving law enforcement, intelligence, military, carriers, and critical infrastructure — a rare breadth of compliance and technical capability.
Elite talent focus: Positions itself as employing "the world's most elite white-hat cyber warriors and expert defenders."

Strategic Focus

AI/ML Integration: Actively hiring Applied AI Research Scientists and Senior Machine Learning Engineers, indicating a push to embed AI/ML into its intelligence and defense platforms.
Hardware Expansion: Hiring a Mechanical Robotics Engineer (Humanoid), suggesting exploration of physical/robotic applications for defense or infrastructure.
Go-to-Market Scaling: Building a sales team with Account Executive hires in New York and San Francisco.
Sovereign & Governed Cloud: Continued development of Makom Cloud and air-gapped deployment options to meet stringent government and national security requirements.

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