Avent

AI agents for industrial commerce

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

$100K - $130K1.00% - 2.00%San Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full stack
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
Visa
US citizen/visa only
Skills
Python, TypeScript, Design systems, Next.js
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Abhay Kalra
Abhay Kalra
Founder

About the role

We’re looking for a forward deployed engineer to bring Avent into the real world.

You’ll work directly with customers, understand how their business actually runs, and turn that into working systems. This is where the product meets reality.


What you’ll do

  • Work directly with customers and rethink how their business operates using Avent
  • Understand workflows, constraints, and edge cases, then build systems that actually work inside them
  • Write code, integrate systems, and make everything feel seamless in real time
  • Own deployments end-to-end and get customers live


What we’re looking for

  • You understand businesses deeply and show up to conversations as a peer, not someone asking basic questions
  • You take ownership and move fast without waiting for instructions
  • You care about details, how things look, feel, and land in front of a customer
  • You build things that work in the real world, not just in theory

Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL


Our culture

  • We own outcomes, not tasks
    We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through.
  • Speed is our advantage
    We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection.
  • We care about impact, not optics
    We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks.
  • We’re in this together
    We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly.


Compensation

  • Competitive salary + meaningful equity
  • We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work
  • You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way

About Avent

Avent helps manufacturers and distributors run quoting and order entry on autopilot.

We’re turning high-touch industrial sales into a marketplace, replacing middlemen with agents. Our goal is to become the port through which every machine and part used in factories around the world passes, embedding ourselves into the lifecycle of every physical good.

Avent
Founded:2025
Batch:S25
Team Size:3
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Abhay Kalra
Abhay Kalra
Founder