About the role
Founding Forward Deployment Engineer
Operon is building the context layer for AI agents in industrial enterprise, the infrastructure that lets AI actually understand what's happening on a job site, in a facility, or across a fleet of equipment. We're four months old, YC-backed, and we're deploying our first product in the Process and Manufacturing Industry. This is not a polish-and-ship role. You'll be on the ground with customers, figuring out how our software fits into messy real-world workflows, and feeding that directly back into what we build.
What you’ll have
- Full ownership of projects.
- You will define what “Forward Deployed Engineering” means at Operon.
What You’ll Do
- Embed with customers to understand engineering workflows at the source.
- Ship production code across backend, frontend, data pipelines, and AI workflows.
- Translate ambiguous customer pain into durable product abstractions.
- Debug failures in real environments.
- Work directly with the founder on product, architecture, customer deployment, and technical strategy.
About Operon
Agentic data layer for manufacturing & process industries.
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Job details
Salary
$100,000 - $150,000
Equity
0.2% - 1%
Location
Remote
Experience
0+ years
Founders
Anderson Chen
LinkedInWhat happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.