What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer (Forward Deployed) position at Greptile?
Greptile is the AI code reviewer that catches bugs in pull requests for thousands of software teams. We’re hiring our first Forward-Deployed Engineer to help enterprise customers evaluate and adopt Greptile.
Trajectory
Trajectory
- Went from 0 ---> XM in <12 Months and growing >25% MoM
- 2,500 customers
- Raised 30M led by Benchmark, along with continued support from YC, Paul Graham, Initialized, SV Angel, etc.
- We have assembled a small, talent dense team who have scaled critical functions at companies like Stripe, Google, Figma, LinkedIn, etc.
- Partner with GTM and engineering team to run technical discovery and tailor Greptile to each customer’s stack (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Perforce, on-prem).
- Design and lead proof-of-concepts and pilots that demonstrate Greptile’s value in complex environments.
- Handle security and compliance diligence: answer questionnaires, document architectures, and unblock procurement.
- Build reference implementations and lightweight integrations to accelerate adoption.
- Act as the technical voice of the customer internally, surfacing requirements to product and engineering.
- Create reusable assets—demo environments, PoC templates, technical FAQs—that raise win rates across the team.
- Deeply understand the customer and be the bridge between GTM and engineering.
- Have a software engineering background and can credibly talk to senior developers and CTOs.
- Have experience running PoCs and supporting technical customers.
- Have prior experience in a software engineering, solutions engineering, sales engineering, or customer-facing technical role at a devtools or infrastructure company.
- Are comfortable with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise identity (SSO/SCIM, SAML, OIDC).
- Can quickly pick up new technologies and produce working examples or scripts on the fly.
- Write clearly and concisely—whether it’s a PoC plan, a security response, or a product gap report.
- Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where you’ll be the first hire in this function.
- Be the first FDE at a fast-growing, technical startup—shaping how we sell and deliver to enterprise customers.
- Work directly with the founders and engineering team to influence product direction.
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
- In-person with the team in San Francisco.
Salary : $140,000 - $170,000