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# Forward Deployed Engineer

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Poetic posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA and 1 more, at $160,000–$275,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Own end-to-end deployments of production automation for strategic enterprise customers, from process discovery through global rollout. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026.

- [Poetic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/poetic)

Posted Jan 26, 2026 by Poetic · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026

**$160,000–$275,000** + equity San Francisco, CA +1 On-site Full-time

Own end-to-end deployments of production automation for strategic enterprise customers, from process discovery through global rollout.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

$160K–$275K Above the median

Midpoint $218K · median $190K

This job $160K to $275K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K.

### The work

Builds what the customer runs

Balance **Mixed**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales
2. Proof of concept (not covered)
3. Implementation
4. Operations

- **Coding**: Writes production code

- **Builds for**: External customers

- **Level**: Senior

- **Role**: Individual contributor

### What they ask for

Experience

- **1+ years** software engineering role

Background

- **Software engineering**

Tools

- **AI-English programming language**

### Do you meet what the posting states?

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## Conditions

- **Location**: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY

- **Work arrangement**: On-site

- **Remote work restrictions**: in-person only in San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY

- **Employment type**: Full-time

- **Pay**:

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## The job description from Poetic

Posted by Poetic on Jan 26, 2026

### About Poetic

Poetic is creating the next layer of human-computer interaction - combining the intelligence of AI with the reliability of software. We automate the most complex manual processes for the world's largest enterprises using a new English programming language that blends structured control flow with natural language instructions. Processes that once took hours can now be completed in a fraction of the time at superhuman quality. Poetic is deployed globally, powering critical workflows for Fortune 500 companies with 98%+ quality across over half a million production runs.

### About the Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Poetic, you re-program entire companies.

You are not measured by technical complexity nor lines of code, but by ownership of business outcomes. Agency, judgment, and customer understanding are equally if not more valuable in this role as strong software engineering ability.

You will be driving a fundamental shift in how enterprises operate and how all of software is defined. You will own our most strategic customers (some of the largest companies in the world) to build and deploy automation and software that was previously impossible. These are not incremental improvements; you'll be replacing load-bearing workflows in production that previously consumed thousands of human hours.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, customer partnership, and operational excellence. You'll go deep into complex enterprise workflows, architect robust solutions using our AI-English programming language, and own deployments end-to-end — from initial discovery through global rollout. You'll build lasting relationships inside Fortune 500 organizations, understand the intricacies of their most critical processes, and deliver solutions that fundamentally change how they operate.

You will be Poetic to our customers — the person who delivers previously impossible outcomes. This is a rare opportunity to re-build the largest industries in the world. And it requires someone who can do it all.

This role will be the best role for you if you are someone that is excited by business and solving real problems instead of only deriving value from writing code.

### Responsibilities

- Write code and build production-grade processes using Poetic's primitives and platform, ensuring solutions meet customer requirements for quality and reliability
- Conduct deep process discovery with customers, breaking down complex, ambiguous workflows into precise, automatable steps
- Architect implementations that scale and work consistently across high-volume, business-critical processes
- Iterate closely with customers and cross-functional partners to drive adoption from pilot to full production
- Navigate complex enterprise organizations and communicate effectively with stakeholders from operations teams to C-suite executives
- Identify and codify repeatable deployment patterns, contributing insights back to the main platform
- Build long-term customer relationships and proactively identify new automation opportunities throughout engagements
- Grow accounts and scale deployments globally

### You should have

- 1+ years of experience in a software engineering role
- Strong programming skills and experience shipping production applications
- High agency with the ability to navigate ambiguity in complex enterprise environments
- A people-facing disposition — you enjoy building relationships and want to do more than just write code
- An ownership mentality and willingness to do whatever it takes to make deployments successful
- Strong communication skills to conduct discovery and convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders

### Nice to Have

- Experience in enterprise verticals
- Previous work in customer-facing sales, business, or product management roles
- Founder experience

### Poetic

### We are refounding the biggest industries in the world.

- We are in-person only in San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY
- Series A at a $500mm valuation from Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI, and other investors.
- We’re a tight-knit team that works hard because we believe that the nature of how computers work for people will finally change
- We have a very talent-dense team: engineers that have built multiple products 0 to 1 at prior fastest growing startups, Financial Services vertical lead at Palantir, Ramp Growth Lead, #1 enterprise AE from Retool, multiple past founders.

[View posting at Poetic](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/poetic/ca54fd9a-55eb-45ae-ba48-f666747a24e8/application)

## About Poetic

Poetic converts complex enterprise procedures into deterministic software, automating high-stakes workflows with AI flexibility and software-like reliability.

Series A · 10–50 people

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