Forward Deployed Engineer

We’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to sit at the intersection of engineering, partners, and product. This role is ideal for a senior software engineer who has spent years building production systems and now wants to work closer to customers-without leaving hands-on engineering behind.

You’ll work directly with strategic partners, operators, and internal product teams to deliver high-impact solutions quickly, while ensuring that bespoke work feeds back into scalable, reusable platform capabilities. This is not a support or solutions-only role: you’ll write real production code, influence core architecture, and help shape the Partner Engineering roadmap.

This role requires someone who came up through a mid-senior SWE track and is comfortable operating in ambiguity, translating messy real-world constraints into durable software.

Office Location:

We are a hybrid company based in the Bay Area with offices in both San Francisco & Menlo Park. We care about work-life balance, and understand that there will be times where flexibility is needed.

What you will do:

• Embed with strategic partners to understand technical, operational, and data workflows
• Build backend and full-stack systems that power partner integrations and patient access
• Translate bespoke partner needs into scalable, reusable platform features
• Rapidly prototype and ship solutions while maintaining production-grade quality
• Own partner-facing APIs, data flows, and onboarding integrations end to end
• Collaborate closely with product, ops, data, and clinical teams to launch real-world solutions
• Feed partner learnings back into product strategy and platform architecture
• Act as a technical owner for complex integrations from discovery through rollout

• 5+ years as a backend or full-stack software engineer shipping production systems
• Led projects from architecture and design through implementation and launch
• Built or integrated with external APIs, data pipelines, or partner systems
• Worked in fast-moving startup environments where ambiguity, speed, and ownership were required
• Partnered cross-functionally with product, ops, or non-technical stakeholders
• Written clean, maintainable code while balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability

What gives you an edge:

• 5+ years as a backend or full-stack software engineer shipping production systems
• Led projects from architecture and design through implementation and launch
• Built or integrated with external APIs, data pipelines, or partner systems
• Worked in fast-moving startup environments where ambiguity, speed, and ownership were required
• Partnered cross-functionally with product, ops, or non-technical stakeholders
• Written clean, maintainable code while balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability

• We aim to complete the interview process between 2-3 weeks. It will usually consist of:
• Recruiter Screen (30-Minutes)
• Hiring Manager Introduction (30-Minutes)
• Technical Assessment (45-Minutes)
• Onsite Interview: Systems Design + Behavioral Interview + Lunch with the Team (3-hours)
• References

What we offer:

• Meaningful pre-IPO equity
• Medical, dental, and vision plans 100% paid for you and your dependents
• Flexible PTO + 10 paid holidays per year
• 401(k) with match
• 16-week parental leave policy for birthing parent, 8 weeks for all other parents
• HSA + FSA contributions
• Life insurance, plus short and long-term disability coverage
• Free daily lunch in-office
• Annual learning stipend

At Sprinter Health, our mission is reimagining how people access care by bringing it directly to their homes. Nearly 30% of patients in the U.S. skip preventive or chronic care simply because they can’t get to a doctor’s office. For many, the ER becomes their first touchpoint with the healthcare system-driving over $300B in avoidable costs every year.

By using the same technologies that power leading marketplace and last-mile platforms, we deliver care where people are-especially those who need it most. So far, we’ve supported more than 2 million patients across 22 states, completed 180,000+ in-home visits, and maintained a 92 NPS.

Our team of clinicians, technologists, and operators has raised over $125M from investors including a16z, General Catalyst, GV, and Accel, and we have multi-year runway.