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Forward Deployed Engineer (Python)
Location: Remote (Global), with 20-30% travel required for customer onsite engagements
Salary: $125K – $200K + Equity
Company
Socket helps developers and security teams ship faster by providing a platform to safely find, audit, and manage open source code.
What you will do
- Serve as the primary technical advisor and expert for 5-8 enterprise accounts.
- Write custom Python code, scripts, and integrations to solve complex customer implementation challenges.
- Develop tailored SAST rules, CVE rules, and security policies for customer environments.
- Lead technical onboarding sessions, training workshops, and provide hands-on implementation guidance.
- Coordinate technical rollouts and integrations across complex enterprise environments.
- Translate customer feedback into actionable insights for internal product teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development experience with strong coding skills in Python.
- Proven track record building integrations, APIs, and webhook implementations in production.
- Strong understanding of modern development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Ability to travel 20-30% for on-site customer engagements.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills to explain complex technical concepts.
- Experience with open source ecosystems and supply chain security concepts.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of security tools, vulnerability management, and software composition analysis (SCA).
- Experience with scripting and automation specifically for DevOps or security use cases.
Culture & Benefits
- Market competitive salary bands and a meaningful equity program.
- Comprehensive health benefits for employees and their families (99% coverage).
- Flexible time-off, official holidays, and a winter shutdown period.
- Paid parental leave.
- Remote-first culture with quarterly team off-sites.
Hiring process
- Informational call with the Talent Team.
- Virtual interviews with the Hiring Manager and a Peer.
- Take-home technical problem followed by a brief presentation of the work.
- Final interview with the CEO.
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