Forward Deployed Engineer – Modernizing Public Services

Job overview

The Forward Deployed Engineer – Modernizing Public Services role is in person in San Francisco, CA; relocation to San Francisco or Phoenix, AZ, is described, with customer travel. Compensation is $125,000–$175,000 per year. The role supports a startup building financial infrastructure for state education funds and school-choice programs. The engineer translates state agency, banking partner, and auditor requirements into reliable payment and reporting systems. The work includes reconciliation, transaction lifecycle controls, and regulatory reporting so public education funds can move accurately and remain auditable as programs and partners change.

What you'll do

• Build loan-tape and originations pipelines, audit trails, and regulatory reporting
• develop reconciliation across internal ledgers, card networks, banking events, and provider reports
• design ledgered money movement flows with lifecycle management, idempotency, retries, and deterministic replay
• build controls against duplicate processing, inconsistent balances, and settlement issues
• own and evolve payment systems architecture across event-driven pipelines, APIs, balance checks, and reporting jobs.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

forward deployed engineer

san francisco ca

in person

public services

payments engineering

financial infrastructure

reconciliation

regulatory reporting

state education funds

customer travel

visa sponsorship available

relocation support

eql tech

$125k–$175k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Founding equity, relocation support, visa sponsorship, and the opportunity to shape systems supporting state education funds.

Why this role

In-person role with relocation support to San Francisco or Phoenix and customer travel. Visa sponsorship is available. The posting describes a $125,000–$175,000 annual salary and founding equity.

About the employer

EQL Tech is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.