About this Forward Deployed Engineer role at Tagup
Forward Deployed Engineers work inside customer programs rather than at a distance from them. You’ll integrate our platform with government data and systems under real constraints, onboard messy real-world data, build the workflows a program runs on, and support deployments in customer environments, including on-site when a program needs it.
The work reaches users quickly. What you ship often gets into the hands of the people making readiness decisions within weeks, and what you learn in the field feeds back into the product.
Responsibilities
Integrate our platform with government data and systems under real constraints, and onboard the imperfect data programs actually run on
Configure the product against program requirements and support releases, including in government cloud environments
Build custom workflows that drive adoption, usage, and engagement with key customers
Triage and resolve customer-reported issues in their environments rather than passing them along
Own a component or program workstream end to end, returning working systems from a requirements document rather than closed tickets
Spend time on-site with customers, become their technical counterpart, and bring what you learn back to the product team
Write, test, and review code to a standard the rest of the team can build on
Desired Skills
2+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability
Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with SQL and data-heavy work: ETL, integration, and wrangling imperfect real-world data
Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and comfort working directly with customers
Bias toward ownership: handed a requirements document, you return a working system
Willingness to travel to customer sites (military installations across the U.S.)
U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a U.S. government security clearance
Bonus Points
Military service or experience supporting defense programs. Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply
Familiarity with service supply, maintenance, and readiness data systems
Experience deploying software in government cloud or other constrained or air-gapped environments
An active security clearance
You don’t need to check every box. If the mission and the work resonate, we'd love to hear from you!
What Success Looks Like in Year One
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is between $120,000 and $150,000 annually. We strive to provide a competitive salary and benefits package that aligns with our employees’ experience and qualifications. Our primary objective is to attract and retain top talent, and we firmly believe in compensating our employees fairly for their invaluable contributions.
As a rapidly expanding technology company, we extend part-ownership to all team members through an Employee Stock Option Plan. Additionally, we offer comprehensive health insurance benefits, access to the company’s 401K plan, and foster a team-oriented work environment with regular company outings!
Why Join Us
- The mission is real. Our software runs in front of people whose job is to keep the fleet moving — the consequences of getting it right are tangible.
- Small team, high leverage. You'll have visibility from the engineering trenches to the executive team, and your work will compound.
- Hard problems worth solving. Reinforcement learning applied to logistics at the scale of a military service is genuinely novel work.
- Competitive comp, meaningful equity, and the kind of professional growth that comes from being trusted with big things early.
Tagup is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment with us are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Citizenship: Due to the nature of our work with the U.S. Department of Defense, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.
