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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
on-site•San Francisco•$150k - $180k
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About Vori
Vori is a modern operating system for supermarkets
We are changing the way the $800B American grocery supply chain does business.
About the role
Skills: Python, SQL, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Analytics, PostgreSQL
Job Description
At Vori, Forward Deployed Engineers bridge the gap between customer systems and our modern grocery platform. You’ll work closely with onboarding managers to configure Vori for each retailer’s unique needs—reducing out-of-stocks, cutting shrink, and driving efficiency. As one of the Founding Forward Deployed Engineers , you won’t just be implementing processes—you’ll be defining them from the ground up . You’ll create the playbooks, data pipelines, and integration systems that allow Vori to scale from our first customers to thousands of stores. This role is hands-on with data. You’ll wrangle item files and invoices from POS systems, back-office tools, and ERPs—in formats ranging from CSV and EDI to PDFs and even scanned paper—and connect them seamlessly into Vori. Fluency with SQL and data manipulation is essential. We’re looking for motivated, detail-oriented engineers who thrive at the intersection of people, data, and infrastructure. If you love solving messy integration problems, collaborating with customers, and making technology work in the real world, you’ll feel right at home at Vori.
Responsibilities
Understand the VoriOS system end to end and interdependencies between the system and its integration components
Understanding Customer’s needs to define and configure system specifications
Configure and maintain data mappings and reconciliation as an integral part of our operations team
Ability to thrive in a cross-functional environment and work closely with Operations, Product, Engineering teams on how to improve workflows and systems end to end
Qualifications
5+ years in Forward Deployed/Solutions Engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role, ideally in B2B SaaS or fintech
Hybrid skillset — strong backend/data engineering fundamentals + ability to interact directly with customer IT teams.
Domain awareness — familiarity with unstructured data, ETL processes and ML/OCR pipelines.
Customer empathy — comfort in troubleshooting messy, high-pressure customer environments.
Bias for autonomy — capable of managing extraction, ingestion, and pipeline tuning with minimal guidance.
SQL, Regex and scripting proficiency and willingness to learn new technologies.
Growth Opportunities
Get excited to learn more about complex data systems on the tech side as well as business challenges the grocery industry faces everyday
Confront and conquer unique, real-world problems that enhance your problem-solving abilities and challenge you to perform well with high velocity
What you'll do
- Understand the VoriOS system end to end and interdependencies between the system and its integration components
- Understanding Customer’s needs to define and configure system specifications
- Configure and maintain data mappings and reconciliation as an integral part of our operations team
- Ability to thrive in a cross-functional environment and work closely with Operations, Product, Engineering teams on how to improve workflows and systems end to end
About Vori
Vori is the only modern operating system for the grocery industry, giving small and mid-sized supermarkets a performance edge to compete against retail giants and combat macroeconomic forces such as inflation, the labor crisis, the rise of e-commerce, and supply chain issues. Vori’s grocery OS combines inventory management workflows and a modern point-of-sale system into a single platform, seamlessly connecting data across the food supply chain.
By digitizing manual tasks, streamlining operations, and aggregating data into actionable insights, Vori helps grocers make more precise decisions about replenishment buying, retail pricing and margin, product merchandising and promotions, shopper marketing, labor, vendor collaboration, and more. Vori was founded in 2019 in East Palo Alto and is led by Stanford engineers from Space X, Google, and Facebook. Vori proudly boasts a world-class and diverse team with backgrounds in artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech, logistics, and grocery store operations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Vori pay for a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer?
Vori offers a competitive compensation package for the Founding Forward Deployed Engineer role. The salary range is USD 150k - 180k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.
What does a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer do at Vori?
As a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Vori, you will: understand the VoriOS system end to end and interdependencies between the system and its integration components; understanding Customer’s needs to define and configure system specifications; configure and maintain data mappings and reconciliation as an integral part of our operations team; and more.
Is the Founding Forward Deployed Engineer position at Vori remote?
The Founding Forward Deployed Engineer position at Vori is based in San Francisco, United States and is on-site. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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