Forward-Deployed Software Engineer

pThe inbox was never built to run a business. Orders get missed, RFQs go cold, and every line gets retyped into the ERP by hand — one email, one PDF, one WhatsApp message at a time. We built AI Coworkers that do most of the repetitive work nobody wants to do instead: they read what comes in, sort it, draft linked actions, and post clean entries straight into the customer's systems of record. The team approves; Hoshii does the rest. /p pWe are the ones driving, train-riding and flying to customers, running the workshops, and staying up past the demo to make the PoC actually work — and we can't scale that forever. We are looking for a Forward-Deployed Software Engineer to become the technical face of Hoshii in front of the companies who actually run on our product: someone who can walk into a customer's office, understand exactly where the manual pain lives, build a working proof of concept in days rather than weeks, and take it all the way to production — then stay accountable for it once it's live. You'll follow Amazon's "you build it, you run it" principle: whatever you ship for a customer, you own operationally too. You will join the founding team building the AI Coworker that operations teams actually run their order desk on. /p h2Tasks /h2 ul liRun on-site and remote discovery directly with customers: map their order-to-cash workflows, identify the real pain points behind the stated requirements, and translate them into technical scope. /li liBuild and demo working proofs of concept fast, iterating directly with customer stakeholders rather than through a requirements document. /li liOwn end-to-end deployment: integrate Hoshii's agents with the customer's ERP/CRM systems, configure the workflow, and take it live in production. /li liFollow the strong"you build it, you run it" /strong principle: stay accountable for what you deployed, monitor it in production, and be the first responder when something breaks for that customer. /li liFeed field learnings back into the product roadmap — you're often the first to see where the product breaks down against a real workflow, and that signal needs to shape what we build next. /li liWork closely with our channel partners to keep the underlying integrations reliable across every customer running on their systems. /li liWrite clean, tested, maintainable code — you're not just configuring, you're building. /li /ul h2Requirements /h2 pWe are looking for team players with a growth mindset, an entrepreneurial spirit, and genuine comfort being the person in the room with the customer: /p ul liStrong fullstack coding and debugging skills — comfortable moving across frontend, backend, and infra as the deployment demands — with proven experience building and shipping production software (strongPython /strong, strongJavascript/Typescript /strong, or similar). /li liProven experience building and running strongGenAI PoCs /strong end-to-end: prototyping fast with LLMs/agents, then hardening what works into something a customer can actually run in production. /li liSolid understanding of systems and how they integrate — APIs, data pipelines, microservices, event-driven architectures — and the judgment to know where deep integration is worth the effort and where it isn't. /li liA pragmatic strong80/20 instinct /strong: you ship the 20% that unblocks the customer's real problem instead of gold-plating the other 80%. /li liExperience working directly with customers — PoCs, technical scoping, on-site deployments, or a similar consulting/pre-sales-adjacent engineering background. /li liFamiliarity with strongERP/CRM systems /strong is a strong plus. /li liGenuinely strongproduct-minded /strong: you instinctively separate what a customer says they want from what they actually need, and you enjoy shaping the roadmap, not just executing it. /li liExcellent communication skills in strongEnglish /strong and strongGerman (C1 or above) /strong; strongSwiss German /strong is a strong plus. /li liComfortable with regular travel to customer sites across DACH. /li listrongStrong sense of ownership /strong: you treat what you deploy as yours to run, not just to hand off. /li /ul h2Benefits /h2 ul listrongAutonomy and Ownership /strong: You're in charge of your time at Hoshii; decide what you want to do, align with the team, and go for it! /li listrongStock Options /strong: Ever owned your impact? Well, at Hoshii you get stock options, allowing you to get something back from our collective success story. /li listrongA World-Class Team /strong: We're a team of servant leaders who work hard and put customers first; we hail from top companies and universities, and we hold ourselves to the highest standards. /li listrongAmazing Office Location /strong: We have a lakeside location in Zürich with cozy corners to relax, fostering a comfortable environment where you can thrive. /li /ulbrpHoshii automates B2B back-office processes for wholesale distributors and manufacturers. Hoshii's AI coworkers turn incoming orders, inquiries, and complaints into processed ERP entries. /p