encord - Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Requirements
• A strong software engineer. You have solid fundamentals and the technical depth to design and build complex production systems • A first-principles problem solver. You dig into the underlying problem, challenge assumptions, and make sound technical and product trade-offs rather than defaulting to the obvious solution • A strong communicator and stakeholder partner. You can build trust, navigate competing priorities, and explain complex decisions clearly • An autonomous builder. You operate with limited guidance, create structure from ambiguity, and drive problems through to production • A versatile product engineer. You’re comfortable working across the stack and moving between hands-on engineering, product thinking, and conversations with the people using what you build • 4+ years of software engineering experience with strong CS fundamentals • Experience building production software across the stack, from product-facing applications and APIs to backend services and data workflows • Strong system design judgment and experience making architecture decisions for complex software • Strong coding skills in a modern language; Python is a plus • Evidence of owning technical problems end to end, from design through production • Strong product judgment, technical communication, and stakeholder management • Experience working directly with users, customers, or external engineering teams is a plus • Bonus: experience in a high-growth startup, developer platform, or ML/data product environment
Responsibilities
• Design and build production software for complex data, ML, and application environments • Own system design decisions for deployments, balancing correctness, scalability, performance, and speed • Work directly with customers and their engineering teams to understand ambiguous problems and define the right technical solution • Build across the stack, from APIs and data workflows to backend systems and product-facing functionality • Own deployments from technical scoping through implementation, rollout, and iteration • Turn recurring customer problems into reusable tooling and product capabilities • Debug complex production issues across reliability, performance, and data flow • Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Operate with high autonomy and own problems end to end • Feed deployment insights back into Product and Engineering, and help shape the FDSE function as the team grows
Benefits
• Competitive salary, commission, and meaningful equity in a high-growth startup • Clear, accelerated growth opportunities as the company scales rapidly • Strong in-person culture: 4 days/week • Daily team lunches & dinners • Annual learning & development budget • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage • US employees: 18 paid vacation days plus US public holidays • UK employees: 25 paid vacation days plus UK public holidays • Frequent travel opportunities across the U.S., London, and Europe • Bi-annual company offsites & monthly socials • OPERATING PRINCIPLES • You see something broken, you fix it or find the person who can. We celebrate the people who solve 90% of a problem before anyone asks. • Build with care & urgency • We bear-hug the customer. Former founders and people from fast-moving, high-stakes environments thrive here. • Self-aware & hungry • We stay warm, self-aware, and genuinely hungry. We elevate our peers, and ego doesn't last long. • Invent in real time • We move toward the ambiguity. We’re pragmatic, resourceful, energized by the fact that there's no playbook. • If you're looking to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who push you to be better, we'd love to meet you.
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