Forward Deployed Engineer

Campfire is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $140k-$165k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Campfire.

Level's read on this job

Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this forward deployed engineer role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Python, TypeScript and SQL.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 50 other open roles at Campfire.

AI in this role

Lead technical onboarding and integrations for enterprise customers of an AI-native ERP platform.

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About Campfire

Campfire is an AI-native ERP for financial operations. Accounting teams and fractional CFO firms at fast-growing companies use it to run their close, revenue recognition, AP/AR, consolidations and reporting. Ember, our AI layer, works alongside accountants on the ledger itself.

You'll be the engineer embedded with our largest enterprise customers, owning their technical onboarding from kickoff to go-live. You write real code — integrations, scripts, tooling — and turn what you learn in the field into product improvements. You report into Engineering and work side by side with Sales, Implementation and Product.

What you'll do

Lead technical onboarding for enterprise customers: scoping, integrations, configuration, go-live
Support customers with complex or custom data migrations from legacy ERPs and GLs (NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks)
Build and configure integrations with banks, billing, payroll and HRIS systems
Write production-quality code, scripts and tooling to speed up each rollout
Be the customer's technical point of contact; run working sessions with controllers and finance leads
Turn repeated field work into product: file clear specs, ship fixes, and build reusable onboarding tools
Partner with Sales on technical discovery and solution design for late-stage enterprise deals

What you bring

4+ years as a software engineer, solutions engineer or FDE
Strong in Python or TypeScript and SQL; comfortable with APIs, data pipelines and messy data
Experience leading customer-facing technical projects end to end
Clear communicator with both engineers and finance teams
Ownership mindset: you get customers live, not just unblocked
Willing to travel to customer sites as needed

Nice to have

Accounting knowledge: GL, close process, revenue recognition (ASC 606)
Hands-on ERP migration or implementation experience
Background at a fintech, ERP or enterprise SaaS company
Experience with enterprise security and compliance reviews

Success in the first year

Enterprise customers go live on time
Onboarding time drops through tooling you built
Field feedback ships as product improvements
Customers name you as a reason they chose to expand

How we rate this

Forward Deployed Engineer at Campfire rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Forward Deployed Engineer is an open job at Campfire.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The listed salary is $140k-$165k a year.
The role is based in San Francisco and is marked remote.
The job was posted on September 30, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Campfire. Apply on Campfire

Prepare for this job

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Software EngineeringERP IntegrationData MigrationCustomer OnboardingPythonTypeScriptSQLNetSuite

Also common in forward deployed engineer jobs at this level

LLM JavaScript AI agents AWS Azure Google Cloud

Pay

This job starts at: $140k
Typical forward deployed engineer job: $182k

This posting starts 23% below the typical forward deployed engineer job. See forward deployed engineer jobs

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where erp integration was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where data migration was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where customer onboarding was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Python in your day-to-day work.

Adapt your resume

List these exact terms on your resume: Software Engineering, ERP Integration, Data Migration, Customer Onboarding, and Python. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.

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