Forward Deployed Software Engineer
About Uplane (YC F25)
Companies waste billions on bad ads, mismatched landing pages, and poor budget allocation. Uplane fixes this by replacing a patchwork of agencies, spreadsheets, and siloed tools with one self-improving AI system. It creates ads, builds matching landing pages, allocates budgets across different channels, and more. We are building the AI engine that will manage and spend the world's marketing budget.
About The Role
We're seeking a highly skilled and proactive Forward Deployed Engineer to join us at Uplane. You will not just be building features but rather collaborate closely with customers to rapidly identify their most pressing challenges and design and implement solutions to address them. You will be shaping solutions where they matter most: the customer's bottom line.
Why Join
Solve a massive problem in a massive market
Take ownership and grow quickly
Culture: fast-moving, ambitious, fun, humble
Responsibilities
Technical Deployment & Integration: Build and deploy custom integrations and features that allow our Uplane software to sit seamlessly within a customer's tech stack
Customer-Led Prototyping: Rapidly build and ship solutions for specific customers, then work with the core team to integrate these into the main platform.
User-Centric Design: Apply sound product and design judgment to build user-centric software features aligned with current market and customer needs.
Collaboration: Engage directly with customer stakeholders, from technical teams to executives
Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
2+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in fast-moving, customer-facing roles
Frontend Expertise: Proficiency in building responsive frontends using React/Next or Vue.js and the Nuxt framework.
Backend Expertise: Strong backend development skills in TypeScript/Node.js and experience with PostgreSQL or relational databases.
Strong creative judgment with a sense for marketing.
Nice to Have
Demonstrated ability to work directly for or with customers.
Experience with AI integrations (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.).
Tech Stack
Frontend: Vue.js, Nuxt
Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, Inngest
AI Agents: LangGraph
Database: PostgreSQL (Supabase)
Infrastructure: Render, Inngest
Enterprise Cloud: Microsoft Azure (Dedicated Deployments)
Collaboration: Linear, GitHub, Slack, Notion