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SalesPatriot

Forward Deployed Engineer at SalesPatriot (San Francisco, CA)

SalesPatriot· San Francisco, CA· $150k–$220k·

Role details

Salary
$150k–$220k
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

The Mission America's industrial base runs on systems built in the 1980s. Billions of dollars in critical components (F-35 parts, industrial assemblies, electronics, bolts, and hoses) still move through email threads, excel sheets, and disconnected ERPs. We're replacing that with an AI-native platform that makes aerospace, electronics, industrial, and defense supply-chain operations nearly autonomous. Faster quoting. Faster procurement. Full visibility. Real operational intelligence for the companies our nation depends on. Quick Facts

  • YC W25 company. Top 5% growth in batch
  • Raised $10M+ from investors including Paul Graham, SV Angel, Pear VC, and CRV
  • Team of 20 co-live in our Warsaw & SF Hacker Houses
  • 7 figure ARR transacting ~$50M a week through our system

The Job

  • Go. Fly out and plant yourself inside the customer's operation. Weekdays are onsite (Wisconsin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles); weekends we regroup at the SF HQ to debrief and keep building.
  • Understand. Map how the company actually operates, from sales and supply chain teams to executives and CEOs. Learn the breakpoints choking their growth and speed.
  • Implement. Configure automations within SP Studio tooling so the platform accurately reflects the customer's needs. Build trust and confidence in SalesPatriot.
  • Iterate. Take ownership of customer implementation under the Lead FDE's guidance, learning how to scale impact. Keep finding and killing their most pressing problems, leading org-wide scaling, until SalesPatriot is the operating system their business runs on.

Work closely with your Lead FDE to navigate customer strategy, escalations, and org-wide issues.

What We’re Looking For

  • New grads welcome. What matters is that you've built and shipped things, so bring at least one full-stack project you can show us (GitHub repo, web app, or Loom demo).
  • Strong in TypeScript and at least one frontend framework (React, Svelte, Next, etc). Comfortable with SQL, preferably Postgres.
  • You want to learn the job from an experienced Lead FDE and grow into running your own customer implementations.
  • Personable. You can sit with a procurement team, ask good questions, and come back with something that works. Customers look forward to your updates.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity. The problem you solve on Tuesday may not be the one you flew in for on Monday.
  • Ready to travel every week and relocate full-time to San Francisco. This is not a remote role.
  • Absolute grinder. Interested in co-living (though not required).
  • Low ego, curious, intellectually honest. Focused on outcomes, not on being right.

The Process Call with engineer → 1hr technical test → Call with founder → fly out to SF HQ (on us) → offer.

Why work at SalesPatriot

  • Mission-Driven Impact: Work on a problem that genuinely matters—securing critical supply chains for the US and its allies. Your code directly impacts national readiness.
  • Rapid, Tangible Results: New hires ship code to production within days, not quarters. Short feedback loops with real customers mean your work has immediate, visible impact.
  • High-Caliber Team: Join a small, highly selective team ("nobody likes B players") where you'll learn from top performers from MIT, DARPA, and premier venture funds.
  • Meaningful Equity: As an early-stage company on a hyper-growth trajectory, early employees receive significant equity ownership.
  • Culture of Autonomy: The team values builders who "figure it out without a spec" and "care more about the problem than the title." It's a high-trust, high-autonomy environment.
  • Work Environment: Office-first, in-person culture with two hubs (San Francisco and Warsaw). There is also a "co-living in hacker house" option, emphasizing a tight-knit, intense team culture.

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