Role Description
Stuut is transforming accounts receivable for B2B companies—making collections smarter and faster for companies that have historically relied on manual processes that are labor intensive and costly. Our platform is gaining traction with finance teams across industrials, chemicals, and manufacturing sectors from Fortune 10 brands to scaling midmarkets. We're backed by top-tier investors including a16z, Khosla, Activant, 1984 Ventures and Page One.
The Role
We’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with our customers—bringing technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and a builder’s mindset to every engagement. You’ll own onboarding and implementation for new customers, integrate Stuut with their ERP and workflow systems, and deliver custom solutions that drive measurable results.
This is a high-impact role for someone who can write production-quality code, communicate with both executives and engineers, and thrive in the field. You’ll act as the bridge between customer needs and Stuut’s platform, ensuring each deployment delivers real value while helping shape the future of our product.
What You’ll Do
- Lead Implementations: Manage onboarding from setup through integration and launch for new customers.
- Integrate & Automate: Own integrations with platforms like Netsuite, SAP, Salesforce, and other ERPs; write scripts, build automations, and develop custom solutions as needed.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with Sales and Customer Success to deliver a seamless technical customer journey.
- Drive Process Improvements: Identify and fix inefficiencies in our deployment workflows.
- Influence the Product: Provide real-world feedback to the product team to help shape the roadmap.
- Support Scale: Build technical documentation and internal tools to make customer deployment faster and easier.
- Be in the Field: Travel to client sites to meet customers, deploy solutions, and build relationships.
You Might Be a Fit If You…
- Have 3+ years in a technical customer-facing role (e.g., Solutions Engineer, Implementations Engineer, FDE).
- Are fluent in Python and skilled with modern integration technologies (APIs, ETL/ELT, enterprise auth).
- Take ownership and have a bias toward building and improving.
- Have experience working with sales teams in both pre- and post-sales contexts.
- Have worked in startups or high-growth environments.
- (Nice to Have) Experience with AI/ML-powered automation, fintech integrations, developer tools, cloud platforms, or containerization.
Compensation
- Top-of-market salary and equity package
- Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
- Medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
- 401(k) & Match
- Equity
- Flexible PTO
- Parental Leave
Compensation Range: $150K - $240K
About Forward Deployed Engineering
Forward Deployed Engineers are embedded directly with customers to build custom solutions, integrate products into existing infrastructure, and bridge the gap between product engineering and customer success. The role combines deep technical skills with the ability to operate in client environments and translate business requirements into working software.
Originally pioneered by Palantir, the FDE model has spread across AI, enterprise SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. FDEs write production code, architect integrations, train customer teams, and feed product insights back to the core engineering organization. At companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Databricks, FDE teams are treated as elite engineering units that can ship custom solutions in days rather than quarters.
Typical FDE stack: Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and increasingly LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks. Strong communication and the ability to context-switch between technical and business conversations are as important as coding ability.
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