The Role

This is a true 0→1 role at the intersection of engineering and go-to-market. You'll be the technical builder behind our GTM motion — building the automations and tooling that make sales and marketing fast and scalable. That means outbound and enrichment pipelines, CRM and data plumbing, and internal AI tools that give the whole GTM team leverage.

You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with sales and marketing, spot the bottlenecks that slow them down, and build the systems that remove them. Expect hands-on work with APIs, scripts, and LLMs every day, and tight feedback loops with the people using what you build. If you love the idea of engineering being a force multiplier for revenue, this is your seat.

Who you are

You're technical enough to script, call APIs, and wire tools together into reliable systems
You have product sense for what actually moves pipeline, not just what's clever
You're comfortable owning systems end-to-end, from idea to running in production
You're fast, experimental, and obsessed with leverage
You're fluent with AI and LLM tooling and constantly finding new ways to apply it
You care about our mission, and you want to see the American manufacturing base get stronger
You're excited to work in person 5 days a week in our NYC office, with a founder and growth mindset

Bonus points

You've built GTM automations with tools like Clay, Apollo, enrichment providers, or CRM APIs
A background that blends engineering with sales or marketing operations
You've shipped internal AI tools that a team actually adopted
Familiarity with our stack: TypeScript / NodeJS / PostgreSQL

About Forgepoint

Revitalize an industry. Rebuild America's manufacturing backbone.

America builds satellites, jet engines, semiconductors, and more with world-class precision, but the software running factory offices is decades behind. Estimators, procurement teams, and accountants still lose hours to spreadsheets, PDFs, and manual data entry.

Forgepoint builds AI workers for quoting, purchasing, invoicing, and sales coordination. By removing back-office bottlenecks, we help US manufacturers move faster, grow, and compete globally.

We're backed by a16z speedrun and angels from Brex, Xwing, and Betterment. Join us in rebuilding the digital foundation of American manufacturing.

Our Founders

Jack Strauss — Co-Founder & CEO

Jack began his career at Acer and Northrop Grumman, then advised industrial companies at Bain. At Xwing, he helped scale the company and led GTM through its acquisition by Joby Aviation. He holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA from USC.

Alex Pareto — Co-Founder & CTO

Alex began at Meta, founded YC-backed Demeanor, and joined NTWRK after its acquisition. He later became a founding engineer on Brex Spend Management and led its engineering organization. He holds a BS in Computer Science from USC.

How we work

In person every day in NYC for high-bandwidth collaboration
Talk to users constantly — we build with manufacturers, not for them
Own outcomes end-to-end and drive solutions without waiting for permission

Our Values

We're Here to Win: We are building to help American manufacturers, our customers, our company, and our teammates win at the highest level.
There's Always a Way: We are relentlessly resourceful, take ownership of constraints, and find a path forward when others stop.
Truth Over Comfort: We choose honesty over ego, surface reality quickly, and change course when the facts demand it.
Act Now: We move fast, trust our instincts, and correct course as we go.
Step Up: We act like founders, fill gaps, fix problems, and follow through until the work is done.
The Team. The Team. The Team.: We put the team first, push and support each other, share wins, and own failures together.

Comp & Benefits

Top-tier salary & equity
Great healthcare
Dinner at the office
Unlimited Celsius
Travel across the USA to spend time with customers on their shop floors

Location

Onsite in New York City, five days a week.