Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT MIDDESK:

Middesk makes it easier for businesses to work together. Since 2018, we’ve been transforming business identity verification, replacing slow, manual processes with seamless access to complete, up-to-date data. Our platform helps companies across industries confidently verify business identities, onboard customers faster, and reduce risk at every stage of the customer lifecycle.

Middesk came out of Y Combinator, is backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners, and was recently named to Forbes Fintech 50 List.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We're hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE): a deeply technical builder and technical leader who thrives at the intersection of engineering, product, and real customer problems.

You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with customers and internal product and engineering teams to design, ship, and iterate on mission-critical integrations and AI-driven systems that run in production. You'll write real code, own complex deployments end-to-end, and help shape how these systems are built across Middesk. Forward Deployed Engineers close the gap between product intent and real-world usage—acting as a tight feedback loop that shapes both how our product is used and what it becomes.

You will act as a technical leader, helping set direction, influence architecture, and establish best practices for how we deploy and operate systems in the real world.

This role is ideal for a recovering founder, a former core engineer who misses direct customer impact, or someone who thrives on ownership and wants to build real systems where the feedback loop is immediate.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Own Technical Direction for Deployments

- Lead architecture and technical design for complex, customer-facing systems and integrations.

- Make and communicate clear trade-offs across speed, reliability, and scalability.

- Identify systemic risks and drive improvements across deployments, not just one-off solutions.

- Establish patterns and standards that o...