Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT COVERBASE

The foundation of the modern global economy is built on a dense network of counterparty trust and risk. In the past 50 years, companies have evolved from relying on a couple of wholesalers and vendors, to utilizing 100+ SaaS vendors, contract partners, and cloud providers. Since each counterparty has their own idiosyncratic internal processes and risk profiles, businesses end up spending millions of dollars and countless man-hours conducting due diligence.

Coverbase’s mission is to streamline this business-to-business assessment, reducing human toil, and allowing organizations to work together safely and reliably. We employ modern AI techniques to organize vast amounts of unstructured data and compare them against policies to identify key risks to the business.

We serve customers across Fortune 500 companies in insurance, higher education, and finance — including five of the top 25 banks in the US.

Our proven leadership team brings deep experience:

• Clarence (CEO): Co-founder & former CTO of Unit21, a Series C fraud detection company that has raised ~$92M.
• Kao (CTO): Previously led the Stripe engineering team that launched Banking-as-a-Service.

We’ve raised $20M from world-class investors and our team of 20 have built important products at Google, Mapbox and Waymo.

EXPECTATIONS

We’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to work closely with our customers to get them live on the Coverbase platform.

We care more about slope than y-intercept — formal education or prior domain knowledge is not strictly required, but a fierce can-do attitude and desire to make something of yourself certainly is.

Our team is US-based and fully remote. The team also comes together for a week every quarter at a location within the continental US. We’ll give plenty of notice for these gatherings, and cover flights and accommodation. We expect the whole team to participate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with Customers – Work closely with our customer’s business and engineering teams to gather integration requirements and ensure alignment with their business objectives.
• Build API Integrations – Figure out how to get data cleanly from our customers' systems into Coverbase and out again. This includes building and managing APIs and webhooks to enable seamless data exchange and automation across platforms.
• Bug Fixes and Feature Upgrades – Push production code to fix bugs and implement small feature upgrades for customers.
• Maintain Documentation – Create and maintain technical documentation, including integration designs, data flows, and operational procedures.
• Grow and Scale Coverbase – Foster a constructive environment for code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

REQUIREMENTS

• You’re people-oriented: you enjoy understanding the needs of users and customers and helping them solve problems.
• You’re meticulous and organized: you stay on top of action items and priorities, ensuring that the customer onboards onto Coverbase smoothly.
• You have the foundational skills of a software engineer down pat: you navigate around your dev environment efficiently, feel confident around SQL and git, give good code reviews, and are seasoned at debugging.
• You thrive in a dynamic, early-stage startup environment.

WHY JOIN US?

• Strong product addressing a latent market demand – Our AI-driven platform is transforming third-party risk management (TPRM) for top-tier financial institutions. Customers describe it as “revolutionary” and “a joy to work with,” and we’re just getting started.

Here’s what some of our customers had to say about our product, unprompted:

“This is a revolutionary product… Coverbase is the single biggest step forward in TPRM he’s seen in his career”

“You’re flipping the entire program upside down, we completed the ____ risk assessment in 1.5 days… would otherwise have taken at least 3 weeks”

“Love how responsive you are, it’s been a joy to work with you guys”

• Early-Stage Impact – This is a rare opportunity to shape the trajectory of a company at the forefront of AI innovation. Your work will directly influence our success and define how we grow.
• Collaborative Team – Join a tight-knit, mission-driven team that values kindness, creativity, and curiosity as much as expertise. You’ll work closely with the founders and an exceptional group of engineers.

WHAT WE OFFER

• $140K to $180K base depending on experience and ability
• Meaningful founding equity in the company
• Health insurance with 100% premium covered for employees and 80% for dependents
• 21 days of PTO
• In-person gatherings within the U.S. (travel covered) every 3-5 months. We’ll give plenty of notice for it, and cover flights and accommodation. We expect you to attend!
• 401(k) plan, with 4% matching.

Location: Remote from the continental US

Reports to: CTO, Co-founder

Coverbase Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.