Foxglove
Full-Stack Engineer, Forward Deployed
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Build the data infrastructure for robots operating in the real world.
Robotics is moving from research labs into production across factories, warehouses, vehicles, and field deployments. When robots fail, behave unexpectedly, or need to be improved, engineers rely on data to understand what actually happened.
At Foxglove, we build the observability, visualization, and data infrastructure that makes that possible. Our tools are used by robotics and autonomous systems teams to ingest, store, query, replay, and analyze massive volumes of multimodal sensor data from live systems and from production fleets.
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced and highly adaptable Forward-Deployed Engineer to join our team at Foxglove. This role is ideal for a product-minded full-stack engineer who thrives in customer-facing environments and enjoys solving complex technical challenges in robotics and observability.
As a Forward-Deployed Engineer, you'll work directly with strategic customers to integrate and extend Foxglove's platform within their environments, while also contributing upstream to our core product. This position offers a unique mix of hands-on development, creative problem-solving, and close collaboration with customer teams. You'll act as a trusted engineering partner, ensuring Foxglove is seamlessly woven into customer workflows and identifying opportunities to drive improvements based on real-world use cases.
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This role does require 25-50% travel to customer locations.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Collaboration – Embed deeply with customer teams to understand business goals, domain constraints, and technical requirements. Design & Development – Architect and build end-to-end solutions with an experiment-driven, iterative approach (TypeScript/React, Node.js, Python, ROS, SQL). Scoping & Planning – Draft clear scopes of work, timelines, and success metrics for proofs-of-concept through production roll-outs. Hands-On Delivery – Code side-by-side with customer engineers, deploying on their cloud or on-prem environments to ensure successful adoption. Cross-Functional Alignment – Partner closely with Sales and Customer Success on the same accounts to guarantee seamless experiences and measurable outcomes. Product Feedback Loop – Relay frontline insights to Research, Product, and Engineering; your learnings shape our roadmap. Internal Enablement – Document best practices, contribute to internal libraries, and mentor future FDEs so the function scales efficiently.
What We're Looking For
5+ years of professional experience with modern full-stack technologies (TypeScript/Node.js, React, Python) 3+ years of professional experience in Robotics or Autonomous systems Experience in customer-facing engineering roles, ideally with robotics or autonomy exposure. Proven history of rapid prototyping and iterative delivery with external stakeholders. Solid grasp of network and cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and database-backed REST APIs. Comfortable building across the stack — from data pipelines and APIs to the interfaces engineers use every day Comfortable owning problems end-to-end, learning what’s missing, and communicating technical details to any audience. Willingness to travel extensively and work on-site with customers when required. Bonus points: Experience with C++ or ROS in a robotics context Experience designing SDKs, integration libraries, or internal tooling that reduced services cycle time Experience with multiple database systems What We Offer
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$300 monthly budget towards commuter benefits or building your personal workspace (remote only) Competitive equity grant in a Series B company Medical, Dental, Vision, and Term Life insurance coverage 4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break All expenses paid company off-sites 1-2× per year
Why Join Us
Impact: Own growth at a fast-growing, high-leverage moment for the company. Mission: Accelerate the development of the next generation of robotics and embodied AI. Team: Work with world-class engineers, designers, and researchers passionate about open-source and developer tools. Ownership: Drive initiatives end-to-end, with high autonomy and visibility.
Compensation Range: $220K - $240K
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