Forward Deployed Engineer

Remote (US) or Hybrid (SF Bay Area)

Full-time

$120,000–$200,000 + equity

About Us

Harden is the enterprise security and governance platform for AI-built apps. Every AI-generated application ships with the same gaps — hardcoded secrets, missing auth, uncontrolled egress, no audit trail. Harden closes them automatically: build-time SAST and SCA scanning with auto-remediation, a one-page approval report that gates CI/CD, and runtime enforcement that covers egress controls, prompt-injection defense, AI cost caps, and tamper-evident audit logs — all deployed inside the customer's own cloud. We're a venture-backed startup based in the SF Bay Area. The founding team combines AI/ML research leadership at Google DeepMind and Amazon with product leadership at Verkada and AWS. Enterprise customers are already in production and we're bringing on exceptional engineers to build the infrastructure that makes enterprise AI adoption safe and scalable.

About the Role

Partner with enterprise customers to deploy Harden at scale. You'll translate customer requirements into technical specs and build custom integration workflows. This is a high-ownership, customer-facing role where you'll work directly with Fortune 500 engineering teams to ensure Harden integrates seamlessly into their existing infrastructure — SSO providers, cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, and compliance workflows.

What You'll Do

•Partner with enterprise customers to deploy Harden at scale
•Translate customer requirements into technical specs and integration plans
•Build custom scripts, automations, and integration workflows
•Deep-dive into customer infra: SSO/SAML, RBAC, network topology, Cloud
•Troubleshoot edge cases and production issues in real-time
•Collaborate with engineering to improve enterprise readiness
•Serve as the technical voice for customer needs internally

What We're Looking For

•3+ years in customer-facing engineering (Solutions Engineer, PE, FDE)
•Strong grasp of enterprise infra: SSO/SAML, RBAC, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
•Experience with integration: OAuth, API design, webhooks
•Programming skills: Python/TypeScript/Go
•Comfort in ambiguity: translate messy requirements into clear specs
•Excellent communication: explain technical concepts to diverse audiences

Nice to Have

•Previous role at enterprise security company
•Experience with Okta, Azure AD, Ping, SAML/OIDC
•Exposure to AI/ML systems and agentic workflows
•Open source contributions

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