Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Mid-Senior)

About the role

Zip is an AI platform for enterprise procurement, and you will join its Forward Deployed Software Engineering team in San Francisco. You will write and ship production code, partner directly with the company's most critical customers and own the engineering on the deals that matter most. The team works close to the customer, moves with urgency and builds the features that make the platform enterprise-grade.

Key responsibilities

• Lead engineering on critical customer projects, owning scope, sequencing and delivery within the implementation cadence alongside the Field PM and Solutions Consultants.
• Ship high-impact features such as net-new capabilities, API and export gaps, and targeted enhancements that ship in days or weeks.
• Partner with core product teams on what to build, push back on poorly scoped requirements and shape the long-term platform and roadmap.
• Communicate directly with customers, diagnosing problems live against real deadlines and translating trade-offs for engineers and executives.

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering or a similar field.
• Experience shipping non-trivial production systems, with strong opinions grounded in customer feedback.
• Ability to move on a customer-driven timeline while maintaining a high quality bar, with high ownership and minimal supervision.
• Nice to have: prior product or full-stack engineer experience, founder or early-employee background, and experience with procurement, finance, ERP or AP automation systems.

Required skills

• Python on the backend and React/TypeScript on the frontend at Zip.
• Ability to read and write code across the stack.

What we offer

• Base salary of $150,000 - $250,000.
• Start-up equity, 100% health, vision and dental coverage, and flexible PTO.
• Catered meals, ClassPass membership, monthly commuter benefit and home office stipend.
• Phone and internet reimbursement, paid parental leave, fertility stipend, 401k plan and unlimited AI token usage.