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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Purple Unicorn
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $220,001.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Databases, Github, PostgreSQL, Svelte, TypeScript, Web Applications, ReactJS, Backend, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ef417eda2d7c4da8

## About the Role

* Ready to relocate full-time to San Francisco. This is not a remote role.
 * Absolute grinder. Interested in co-living (though not required).
 * Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.
 * Track record of shipping fast.
 * Full-stack beyond code: comfortable jumping between frontend, backend, and organizational politics - earning trust with procurement specialists while navigating executive priorities and IT constraints.
 * Motivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack.
 * Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, and at least one frontend library (React, Svelte, Next etc).
 * Be ready to show us at least one full-stack project you've shipped (GitHub repo / web app / Loom demo video).
 * Knowledge of SQL databases, preferably Postgres.
 * Personable: clients trust you, like you, and look forward to your updates. You handle the conversation and the code.
 * Low ego, curiosity, and intellectual honesty - focused on outcomes, not "being right."



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