Software Engineer, Forward Deployed (Entry - Senior Level)

Strong software engineering skills. You've shipped non-trivial production systems and you can read and write code across the stack: Python on the backend and React/TypeScript on the frontend at Zip.

Product instincts and judgment. You're the engineer on your current team who pushes back on poorly scoped requirements, who notices when a feature is solving the wrong problem, and who's willing to say so.

Customer empathy and crisp communication. You can sit in a room with a Director of Procurement at a $50B company, hear what they're actually worried about, and translate it into a tech spec, and vice versa. If you've never done this before but the idea sounds energizing, that counts.

Speed and urgency with a high quality bar. You can move on a customer-driven timeline and still write code that holds up in production.

High ownership. You diagnose, build, and ship with minimal supervision. You're the kind of engineer who follows a problem upstream until it's actually fixed.

Helpful, not required:

Prior experience as a product engineer or full-stack engineer on a team that owned features end-to-end, shipped frequently, and worked closely with users or customers.

Prior founder or early-employee experience. Many of the best FDEs are people who want to start a company someday and are using this role to build empathy for what enterprises actually buy and why.

Experience with procurement, finance, ERP, or AP automation systems.

The base salary range for this role is $150,000 - $250,000. The salary for this position is determined based on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant experience, education, or particular skills and expertise.

At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

📈 Start-up equity

🦷 100% health, vision & dental coverage options

🍽️ Catered breakfast, lunch, & dinner

🌴 Flexible PTO

🏋️♀️ ClassPass membership

🚍 Monthly commuter benefit

🚠 Team building events & happy hours

💻 Home office stipend

🛜 Phone/internet reimbursement

🍼 Paid parental leave

🧑🧑🧒🧒 Fertility stipend

💸 401k plan

🤖 Unlimited AI token usage

We're looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. We look forward to hearing from you!