Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

3 weeks, 2 days ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Edera

Edera

Edera is a Seattle-based cybersecurity startup founded in 2024, specializing in secure solutions for Kubernetes containers, AI workloads, and GPUs. The company utilizes a container-native Type-1 hypervisor to provide runtime isolation without relying on hardware virtualization. This approach eliminates container escape risks and supports secure multi-tenancy, ensuring near-native performance and full compatibility with Kubernetes. Edera has raised a total of $20 million in funding, including a recent $15 million round. The all-female founding team brings diverse expertise from leading tech and security firms. Edera's mission is to simplify secure computing through hardened runtime isolation, targeting platform engineering and security teams across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, and government. Their offerings include Edera Protect for Kubernetes workloads, dedicated infrastructure for AI applications, and secure GPU provisioning, all designed to enhance security while reducing costs and complexity.

computer & network security
11-50
Founded 2024
$20M raised

Description

  • Partner with strategic customers during onboarding and ongoing support as their trusted technical advisor.
  • Work hands-on with platform engineering teams building and scaling Kubernetes platforms.
  • Assess customer environments, including multi-cluster Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and security posture, to design tailored deployment and integration solutions.
  • Write scripts, tooling, and integrations to accelerate customer time-to-value and solve environment-specific challenges.
  • Help customers design secure, scalable platform architectures that can grow with their business.
  • Document customer patterns, pain points, and feature gaps and advocate for them internally with product and engineering teams.
  • Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, and training sessions with customer security and platform engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with sales on pre-sales technical evaluations and proof-of-concept deployments.
  • Contribute to internal tooling, documentation, and playbooks that scale the forward deployed engineering practice.
  • Travel to customers up to 30%.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role such as forward deployed engineer, solutions engineer, or professional services.
  • Proven experience building or operating Kubernetes platforms at scale, including multi-cluster, multi-tenant, or large fleet environments.
  • Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, ideally including multi-cluster environments, RBAC, and workload security.
  • Comfort reading and writing code in Go, Python, Bash, or similar languages to build integrations and automate workflows.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native security concepts, including container security, runtime threat detection, policy enforcement, and supply chain security.
  • Experience advising or partnering with platform engineering teams on infrastructure design, scaling strategies, and operational best practices.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both practitioners and executives.
  • Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity in an early-stage startup environment.
  • Must be located in the United States.
  • Experience with Linux systems internals is a strong plus.
  • Prior experience at a security or infrastructure startup is a strong plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary of $200,000 - $225,000 per year.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Equity.
  • 100% medical coverage for you and your eligible dependents.

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