Forward Deployed Engineer

Socket's mission is to help developers and security teams to ship faster and spend less time on security busywork. Thousands of organizations use Socket to safely discover, audit, and manage their open source code. Our customers – from Figma to Vercel – absolutely love Socket (just read their tweets to see for yourself!)

The company was founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh, who has worked in open source software for 10+ years writing software that receives more than a billion downloads per month. We have raised $65M in funding from the best angel investors, operators, and security leaders in the industry.

We're looking for a high-performing Forward Deployed Engineer to serve as the technical bridge between Socket's enterprise customers and our engineering teams. In this role, you'll combine your software development expertise with exceptional customer skills to drive successful implementations, write custom code, and build the foundation for our professional services offering. You'll play a critical role in ensuring our largest customers achieve maximum value from Socket's security platform while helping shape the future of our technical services.

This role is remote with 20-30% travel required for customer onsite engagements.

• Serve as the primary technical advisor and trusted expert for 5-8 enterprise accounts.

• Write custom code, scripts, and integrations to solve complex customer implementation challenges.

• Lead technical onboarding sessions, training workshops, and hands-on implementation guidance.

• Develop custom SAST rules, CVE rules, and security policies tailored to customer environments.

• Coordinate seamless technical rollouts and integrations across complex enterprise environments.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with customer engineering teams and security stakeholders.

• Create standardized technical documentation, best practices guides, and reusable implementation playbooks.

• Facilitate communication between customers and internal product teams, translating feedback into actionable insights.

• Conduct on-site technical engagements including security assessments, alert optimization, and advanced configuration.

• Review and optimize customer alert configurations, reducing noise and improving security coverage.

• Anticipate technical challenges and proactively develop solutions that drive product adoption and customer success.

• Support the development of billable professional services offerings and advanced technical consulting.

• 3+ years of software development experience with strong coding skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python.

• Proven track record building integrations, APIs, webhook implementations, and automation scripts in production environments.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with natural ability to explain complex technical concepts.

• A customer-first mindset — you genuinely enjoy solving problems for clients and building lasting relationships.

• Strong understanding of modern development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.

• Knowledge of security tools, vulnerability management, and software composition analysis preferred.

• Experience with open source ecosystems and supply chain security concepts.

• Comfortable with travel and on-site customer engagements as the face of Socket's technical expertise.

• Experience with scripting and automation for DevOps or security use cases.

1. Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.

2. Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.

3. Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.

4. Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.

5. Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.

6. Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.