{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"de6c23fda9c763ce0a24bfbf","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/de6c23fda9c763ce0a24bfbf","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/de6c23fda9c763ce0a24bfbf","title":"Fulcrum - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead","description":"The $1.5 trillion insurance industry is powered by brokers. Every business needs insurance, and the brokerage industry is hamstrung by account management capacity. Account managers are constantly pulled in multiple directions—keying information into systems, chasing documents, doing mundane work—rather than focusing on the client interactions that actually matter. Most brokerages either outsource this work or grind through it manually.\nWe're building an AI platform to automate this insurance drudgery. Our platform already saves customers thousands of hours and millions of dollars every year. Our customers love the product— we have deep penetration within enterprise brokerages and genuinely enjoy making our customers' lives better. We just raised our Series A and are just getting started.\nWhy Fulcrum\nRocket-ship growth. We’ve achieved multiple seven figures in ARR in just over a year, serving large enterprise clients including 30% of the top 50 brokers in the country.\nExtreme ownership. You’ll work directly with enterprise users and ship end-to-end products that save them hours every week.\nBleeding-edge problems, real impact. Tackle tough AI and product challenges whose wins show up immediately in customer workflows.\nIn-person collaboration. Join a lean, staff-level team (ex-Affirm, Uber, DoorDash, McKinsey) working side-by-side in San Francisco; we believe the best ideas are fostered in an in-person environment.\nTop-of-market rewards. Competitive base salary plus meaningful founding-team equity.\nAbout the Role\nThis is a founding, hands-on leadership role at the intersection of engineering, customer success, and product. You'll work directly with some of the largest brokerages in the world—partnering closely with our teams to implement Fulcrum's software and drive customer outcomes.\nIn the early days, you'll be deeply technical: working directly with customers, writing code, and solving complex implementation challenges yourself. As we scale, you'll build and lead the entire FDE function from the ground up—hiring engineers, establishing processes, and setting the standard for how forward deployed work gets done at Fulcrum.\nYou'll be trusted to operate with minimal guidance, influence customer direction, and raise the bar across both technical execution and customer experience. This role is ideal for experienced engineers who exercise strong technical judgment, customer intuition, and product thinking—and who are excited to build a team around them.\nWhat You Will Do\nPartner directly with customers—from end users to executives—to deeply understand their business processes, pain points, and success criteria\nLead technical implementations hands-on, writing code and solving customer problems directly\nCollaborate with Customer Success to drive customer outcomes and ensure successful implementations\nBuild and scale the FDE function, recruiting and leading a team of forward deployed engineers\nIdentify opportunities where customer solutions can inform or extend Fulcrum's native platform capabilities\nWork closely with Product and Engineering teams to align customer needs with platform development\n\nBS or MS in Computer Science or a related field\n4+ years of engineering experience\nStrong proficiency in at least one of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Go, with experience in SQL and data modeling\nProven ability to lead ambiguous projects independently and deliver high-quality outcomes\nExcellent communication skills and comfort working directly with senior customer stakeholders\nStrong project ownership and execution skills\nExperience leading a team\nWillingness to travel to customer sites as needed (~25%)\nBonus Qualifications\nHave experience with AI platforms and technologies, including generative models and LLMs\nPrevious experience working in an early-stage startup or dynamic environment","company":"Decircle","rawCompany":"decircle","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T13:30:54.165Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Fulcrum - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead","description":"The $1.5 trillion insurance industry is powered by brokers. 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This role is ideal for experienced engineers who exercise strong technical judgment, customer intuition, and product thinking—and who are excited to build a team around them.\nWhat You Will Do\nPartner directly with customers—from end users to executives—to deeply understand their business processes, pain points, and success criteria\nLead technical implementations hands-on, writing code and solving customer problems directly\nCollaborate with Customer Success to drive customer outcomes and ensure successful implementations\nBuild and scale the FDE function, recruiting and leading a team of forward deployed engineers\nIdentify opportunities where customer solutions can inform or extend Fulcrum's native platform capabilities\nWork closely with Product and Engineering teams to align customer needs with platform development\n\nBS or MS in Computer Science or a related field\n4+ years of engineering experience\nStrong proficiency in at least one of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Go, with experience in SQL and data modeling\nProven ability to lead ambiguous projects independently and deliver high-quality outcomes\nExcellent communication skills and comfort working directly with senior customer stakeholders\nStrong project ownership and execution skills\nExperience leading a team\nWillingness to travel to customer sites as needed (~25%)\nBonus Qualifications\nHave experience with AI platforms and technologies, including generative models and LLMs\nPrevious experience working in an early-stage startup or dynamic environment","datePosted":"2026-08-06T13:30:54.165Z","dateModified":"2026-08-06T13:30:54.165Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Decircle","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Millbrae","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"de6c23fda9c763ce0a24bfbf"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/de6c23fda9c763ce0a24bfbf"}}