Forward Deployed Engineer at Bobyard
Bobyard is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco, CA, US. On-site. Pay: USD 130k-165k/yr.
About Bobyard
Bobyard provides AI takeoff and estimating software for construction trades. The software uses computer vision and natural language processing to read construction drawings and automate the process of measuring and counting materials, reducing the time needed for takeoffs and estimates. It is aimed at trades such as landscaping, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, finishes, and paving, and is designed to help contractors submit more bids.
Forward Deployed Engineer job description
Position Overview
Forward Deployed Engineers at Bobyard work directly with our most strategic customers — general contractors — to solve critical problems end-to-end.
You’ll embed with customer teams, understand their workflows, and ship solutions directly in their environment. From prototype to production in days. The patterns you establish become core product features.
This role combines software engineering, product thinking, and customer partnership. High autonomy, high impact.
What You’ll Do
Embed & ship: Work directly in customer instances. Identify high-leverage problems. Build full-stack: React, Django, PostgreSQL. Ship in weeks, not quarters.
Own outcomes: Define ambiguous problems and deliver scalable solutions. Design systems that handle 10x usage.
Bridge product ↔ customer: Your field work informs roadmap. Convert one-off solutions into platform capabilities.
Full lifecycle: Discovery, system design, data modeling, infra, frontend, deployment, monitoring. You build it, run it, and scale it.
Ensure reliability: AWS / GCP. Deploy, monitor, debug. Ensure reliability.
Validate and scale: Prototype with real users. Measure impact. Invest in what works.
You Are
High-ownership: Comfortable with ambiguity. Create clarity and deliver.
Product-minded: Understand why we build. Strong product judgment. Partner effectively with design.
Technically strong: System design, performance, architecture. Experience scaling systems or learn quickly.
Full-stack: Frontend through infra. No handoffs. Accountable for outcomes.
Fast learner: Adopt new tools and ship.
Startup-focused: Prefer impact and speed over process. Comfortable with customer-facing work.
Reliable under pressure: Manage parallel priorities. Sequence work and deliver.
Details
Full-time, in-person San Francisco. We value learning rate and proven impact over pedigree. If you ship high-quality software that customers depend on, let’s talk.you.
Comp Philosophy
We are proud to offer competitive, top-of-market compensation because we want to celebrate the dedicated people who ship amazing work and drive our success. Our individual compensation is thoughtfully tailored based on your role, experience, and contributions, alongside performance-based rewards.
