Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta)

Forward Deployed Engineers at Pryzm are the rare engineers who are equally at home in a terminal and in a customer briefing. You will live at the boundary between our product and the hardest operational problems in the federal ecosystem: understanding user needs, implementing product, connecting integrations, and writing code to deliver on the most important outcomes for a customer - whether a government contractor or the government themselves.

FDEs are builders who also sit close to the customer, accelerating time-to-value for new deployments, and solving problems that no one has fully defined yet. We are looking for product-minded engineers who are energized by constraints, thrive under ambiguity, and find deep satisfaction in seeing their work create real-world impact, not just ship.

Deploy and configure the Pryzm platform in customer environments, including data ingestion pipelines, integrations, and custom workflow automation

Write production-quality code (scripts, APIs, and lightweight applications) to extend platform capabilities and solve customer-specific problems

Integrate Pryzm with third-party data sources, government systems, and customer infrastructure

Diagnose and resolve technical issues rapidly in the field, with limited access to core infrastructure or remote support

Translate operational requirements from non-technical stakeholders into clean technical specifications and working software

Build tooling, templates, and reusable components that accelerate future deployments

Partner with the product engineering team to surface field-discovered bugs, feature gaps, and architecture feedback

Own technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and IT/security leads

Contribute to internal knowledge bases, deployment playbooks, and engineering documentation

2+ years of software engineering / forward deployed engineering experience, with a strong foundation in at least one backend language (Python, Go, Java, or similar), at a top tier-startup, enterprise, or your own projects

Hands-on experience deploying or integrating software in complex, real-world environments, not just greenfield development

Fluency with data: SQL, ETL pipelines, REST APIs, and working with structured and unstructured data sources

Strong debugging instincts and the ability to diagnose problems across the full stack, including infrastructure and networking layers

A customer mindset: you understand that the best technical solution is the one that actually gets used

Exceptional written and verbal communication: you can explain a complex system to a program manager and a junior analyst in the same conversation

Experience working in or alongside the federal government, defense, or intelligence community is a strong plus

Located in or willing to relocate to New York, Washington DC, or Boston. This is a fully on-site position.

US Person required

Veterans and those with military or intelligence community backgrounds strongly encouraged to apply

Willingness for regular customer travel

Pryzm offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Competitive salary and meaningful equity

Platinum healthcare: comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage fully covered for employees and dependents

Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance fully covered, with the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents

Relocation assistance available