Beacon holds acquired companies forever and invests in their continued growth.
Forward Deployed Engineer (San Francisco)
New York +2 · Hybrid$185k – $240k + EquityVisa Sponsorship Available
About this role
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 3-6 years of experience to embed directly with Beacon's portfolio companies, ship agentic software into live operations, and own the outcomes end-to-end. This is a Palantir-style FDE role at a software holding company — you're not writing decks, you're building running systems that compound across an entire portfolio.
What will you be doing?
Embed with portfolio companies (portcos) to understand their operating model, earn operator trust, and identify the 2–3 highest-leverage workflow opportunities for agentic software.
Ship the wedge — build integrations, prompts, evals, and UI surfaces to land the first agentic loop at each portco using Beacon's core platform.
Operate and tune deployed systems post-launch, adjusting autonomy tiers and handing off cleanly to portfolio ops once stable.
Serve as the technical face of Beacon to portco GMs — building trust, setting expectations, and ensuring the system is seen as their leverage.
Bring patterns back to HQ and codify learnings into reusable playbooks that accelerate every future deployment in the same vertical.
Key Requirements
Full-stack proficiency: TypeScript or Python backend, React frontend, SQL — must be able to own end-to-end delivery solo.
Shipped production LLM/agentic software — real systems with evals, autonomy gating, and outcome tracking (not demos).
Prior embedded or customer-facing engineering experience (e.g., Palantir FDE, solutions engineer, or deploy-and-operate model).
Operator instincts — can read a P&L, translate business problems into technical wedges, and earn non-technical stakeholder trust quickly.
Based in or willing to relocate to New York, NY; comfortable with frequent travel to portfolio company sites.
Company at a glance
Beacon Software is a software holding company with permanent capital and a long-term horizon that buys, builds and holds vertical market software businesses, offering founders liquidity while preserving continuity; it raised $250 million Series B in 2025 from notable investors.
IndustrySaaS
Team Size11-50
WorkspaceHybrid
StageSeries B
Founded2024
Locations
New York, NY, USA ·Toronto, ON, Canada ·San Francisco, CA, USA
Investors
D1 Capital Partners ·General Catalyst ·Lightspeed Venture Partners ·MSD Partners
Websitebeaconsoftware.com
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Top Benefits
- the investment structure is flexible to enable founders to transition while preserving continuity and receiving liquidity at full value for their equity.
Culture & values
Beacon aims to be founder-friendly by supporting transitions and preserving continuity of the companies it acquires.
The firm emphasizes a customer-centric approach, seeking founders who prioritize customers' specific needs after years of market understanding.
Beacon values long-term partnerships and patient, value-driven growth rather than short-term exits.
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