Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code.
Our customers - from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel - love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders.
About the Role We're looking for a high-performing Python focused 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.
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.
What You'll Do 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.
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 tech.