Position: Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta)
Location: Boston, NYC, Washington DC (On-Site)
The RoleForward 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.
What You'll Do- 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
What We're Looking For- 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
Qualifications- Located in or willing to relocate to New York, Washington DC, or Boston. This is a fully on-site position.
- US Person required; active clearance preferred or ability to obtain
- Veterans and those with military or intelligence community backgrounds strongly encouraged to apply
- Willingness for regular customer travel
BenefitsPryzm 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
