Forward Deployed Engineer, Python

Socket· Remote

Posted October 29, 2026

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Experience
5+ years
Pay
Not disclosed
Education
Not specified
Location
Remote
Work mode
Remote
Job type
Full-time

About this role

Socket sells a security platform that helps developers and security teams find, audit and manage open source dependencies. This role is a customer-facing engineer who owns technical onboarding and custom integrations for a handful of large enterprise accounts, and helps build out a paid professional services offering.

What you will do

  • Act as the technical advisor for 5-8 enterprise accounts
  • Write custom code, scripts and integrations for customer implementations
  • Run onboarding sessions and training workshops
  • Develop custom SAST rules, CVE rules and security policies
  • Review and tune customer alert configurations to cut noise
  • Run on-site security assessments and advanced configuration work
  • Create documentation and reusable implementation playbooks
  • Feed customer feedback to internal product teams

What the employer expects

  • 5+ years of software development with strong Python
  • Built integrations, APIs, webhooks and automation in production
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Comfortable with 20-30% travel for on-site customer work
  • Security tooling and software composition analysis knowledge preferred
  • Open source ecosystem and supply chain security experience

Benefits

  • Market competitive salary bands
  • Meaningful equity program
  • Health benefits for you and family (99% coverage)
  • Flexible time off, holidays and winter shutdown
  • Paid parental leave
  • Remote-first with quarterly team off-sites

Skills

  • Python
  • APIs
  • Webhooks
  • Automation scripting
  • CI/CD
  • DevOps
  • SAST
  • Vulnerability management
  • Software composition analysis
  • Open source supply chain security

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