Loop

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$260kDetected 26 days ago

Supply ChainLogisticsCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

About Loop Loop is industrializing services through AI, starting with one of the world's most complex industries: the global supply chain.
We're an AI-native company built to solve the systemic data problem that's held logistics back for decades.

Qualify opportunities and lead technical discovery -- map the customer's systems landscape, assess technical fit, and produce a scoped project plan.
build from scratch where they don't. The objective is speed to client results, not generalized solutions.
Own customer relationships and deployment timelines -- run meetings, demos, and status updates from kickoff through commercial conversion. Travel to customer sites as needed.
Help build the function itself -- refine qualification criteria, improve processes, and contribute to the team's playbook as we learn from the field.
Leverage Loop's platform primitives where they fit; build from scratch where they don't.
you own the problem end-to-end, from commercial discovery through technical delivery.
The function is led by a former founder, and the role is designed as a training ground for people who want to build and lead their own thing someday -- whether that is a company, a product, or a team.
If you want to be the person who walks into an unfamiliar problem, figures it out, and builds something real -- keep reading.
Today, Loop serves >20% of the Fortune 100, manages over $30B in supply chain spend, and helps its clients save hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

3-5 years of software engineering experience.
Hands-on integration experience with enterprise customer systems -- ERPs, TMS platforms, EDI feeds, payment systems, or comparable legacy environments.
Experience working at early-stage or high-growth companies where you shipped end-to-end and wore many hats.
You are the one who lands first.
You are 75% engineer, 25% product-founder mind.
You have real integration experience with enterprise customer systems -- not just willingness, but instincts built through reps.
Hands-on integration experience with enterprise customer systems -- ERPs, TMS platforms, EDI feeds, payment systems, or comparable legacy environments. This is hard to substitute with aptitude alone.
Technically bilingual: writes code that meets a top-tier engineering bar, and equally comfortable navigating legacy systems built on decades-old principles.
Strong communication skills -- able to translate between technical constraints and business language, equally effective with operators and executives.

Experience owning a full-cycle customer deployment end-to-end -- from understanding the problem through shipping a working V1 against the customer's actual systems.
This is the core FDE muscle regardless of what the role was called.
Domain experience in supply chain, logistics, freight, or transportation.
Founder experience or experience leading technical initiatives from zero.
This range reflects the base pay that Loop reasonably expects to pay for the position at the time of hire.

Comfortable operating in ambiguous, customer-facing environments with minimal oversight.

The base pay range for this role is $150,000 to $260,000 annually.
This range reflects the base pay that Loop reasonably expects to pay for the position at the time of hire.
Actual compensation will depend on job-related factors, including experience, skills, qualifications, location, and business needs.
In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for equity.

We recently closed a $95M Series C and are backed by leading investors including Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, 8VC, Index Ventures, J.P. Morgan, and more than 50 industry-leading angel investors.
This role is also eligible for Loop's benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) match, paid time off, paid holidays, and parental leave.

Embed with customers to build and ship working solutions -- show early work, iterate on feedback, and converge on a working v1. Leverage Loop's platform primitives where they fit
Embed with customers to build and ship working solutions -- show early work, iterate on feedback, and converge on a working v1.
Our team brings deep expertise from Uber, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Flexport, C3 AI, VMware, Box, UPS, and C.H. Robinson and we're looking for builders who want to help shape what comes next.

Loop is an equal opportunity employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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