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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Fonzi AI
York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 11/12/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/11/2026

Fonzi is an AI recruiting company powering the hiring behind NYC and SF's top startups.


Compensation

  • Typical base: $175K to $240K on founding roles
  • Salary is on the request before your first call. Many roles include equity.


Who's hiring

  • 3 founding FDE roles open in NYC, 1 in SF, out of 34 FDE roles
  • 140 startups from pre-seed to late stage, backed by YC, a16z, Sequoia, General Catalyst and Founders Fund
  • 85% are pre-seed to Series A, so teams are small and you own real scope


Who we're looking for

  • 3 years in customer-facing engineering: FDE, solutions engineering, or selling your own product as a founder
  • You've owned a deployment end to end, from first call to production
  • You turn what customers say into product decisions
  • Python or TypeScript, plus SQL
  • You live in or near NYC or SF and want hybrid or onsite


What you could work on

  • The first 10 customer deployments
  • The playbook every later FDE will follow
  • Product calls based on what you saw in the field


How it works

  • Apply in 5 minutes.
  • We text you, learn what you want, and sharpen your profile.
  • Startups send interview requests with a salary bid. You choose who to meet. It's free.


Salary : $175,000 - $240,000

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