Deployed Software Engineer

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience shipping production code
• Familiarity with modern web technologies such as Type Script, React, Node.js, Python, and GraphQL
• Writing maintainable, well-tested, and observable code
• Sound judgment around tradeoffs, reliability, and performance
• Willingness to build a deep relationship with customers and develop creative solutions on our platform
• Ability to scope, prioritize, and deliver work that moves business outcomes
• Clear and proactive communication around progress, risks, and decisions
• Ownership mindset - following work through from ideation to production and iteration
• Empathy for teammates and customers; contributes positively to team culture
• Open to feedback and committed to continuous improvement
• Works effectively across disciplines and functions to achieve shared goals
• Ability to be a voice for the customer to key stakeholders across the organization
• Embodies Fieldguide’s values:
  Fearless, Fast, Lovable, Owners, Win‑win, Inclusive
• Mentors and supports peers; contributes to hiring and onboarding processes
• Curious and self‑driven in learning new skills, technologies, and domains
• Take increasing ownership – from building features to shaping architecture and mentoring others – as you grow
• (Desirable) Experience working with Applied AI, especially LLMs
• (Desirable) Experience or familiarity with audit, assurance, or risk management domains
• (Desirable) Shaping a new tech stack, product, or engineering org from the ground up
• (Desirable) History of demonstrated impact working directly with customers
• (Desirable) Working with infrastructure or data layers such as AWS, Postgres, and Hasura
• (Desirable) Architecting systems for document‑heavy workflows, including ingestion, processing, and retrieval
• (Desirable) Integrating or building ML‑powered systems for document understanding or search
• (Desirable) Applying information security and compliance principles (SOC 2, FedRAMP, etc.)

• We’re hiring Deployed Software Engineers (Senior or Staff) to join our growing team. You will contribute as an engineer, take on leadership within a team, and help drive technical strategy across teams and customers
• Leveling will be determined during the interview process based on scope and demonstrated experience
• This is an opportunity to have outsized impact at a company with clear product‑market fit and massive growth potential. We’re taking on legacy audit and accounting tools that are decades old, widely disliked, and ripe for disruption
• Design, build, and deliver high-quality features that drive customer and business impact
• Work directly with customers to identify, ideate, and solve their most challenging problems
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, design, & GTM to turn complex problems into elegant, user‑focused solutions
• Balance iteration speed with long‑term maintainability and system health
• Continuously improve our tech stack, developer workflows, and reliability practices
• Contribute to a supportive, growth‑oriented engineering culture based on trust, learning, and excellence
• Travel up to 25% of your time
• At the Senior level, you may:
• Lead complex projects or systems, setting technical direction and ensuring long‑term health
• Collaborate with PMs and designers to shape roadmaps and define architectural tradeoffs
• Serve as a domain expert within one or more technical areas (e.g., frontend architecture, backend systems, developer experience)
• Mentor other engineers and help raise the technical bar across the team
• Manage relationships with some of our most complex customers with unique use‑cases
• At the Staff level, you may:
• Drive company‑level technical initiatives and influence cross‑team architecture
• Set and champion engineering standards for scalability, security, and performance
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to define long‑term technical strategy
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders across Engineering, Product, and Design
• Represent Fieldguide externally through writing, speaking, and open‑source contributions