Forward Deployed Engineer, Merchant Solutions

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Forward Deployed Engineer building integrations and operational tools for Bask Health's direct-to-consumer telehealth platform. Developing reliable APIs, storefront workflows, and merchant solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and deploy technical solutions supporting merchant implementations on Bask Health.
  • Work with engineering, product, and customer-facing teams to understand merchant requirements.
  • Develop and maintain integrations between Bask's platform and external merchant systems.
  • Build backend services, APIs, and application functionality using TypeScript, Node.js, or comparable technologies.
  • Contribute to frontend functionality using React and Next.js when needed.
  • Support technical onboarding and configuration for merchant accounts.
  • Develop tools and functionality simplifying storefront and platform setup.
  • Implement integrations involving products, subscriptions, checkout, and merchant workflows.
  • Build automation reducing repetitive merchant implementation tasks.
  • Integrate third-party platforms using REST APIs, webhooks, and other integration patterns.
  • Troubleshoot technical issues involving merchant configurations, APIs, and connected services.
  • Investigate problems across frontend, backend, and third-party systems.
  • Collaborate with backend engineers to design reliable integrations and services.
  • Work with SQL databases and application data to support merchant workflows.
  • Translate merchant requirements into clear technical implementation plans.
  • Develop reusable tools and components improving implementation efficiency.
  • Identify recurring merchant technical issues and recommend scalable solutions.
  • Support technical discovery and solution planning for new merchant use cases.
  • Implement validation, error handling, and monitoring for integrations.
  • Write automated tests for important merchant workflows and application functionality.
  • Document integration requirements, technical implementations, and troubleshooting procedures.
  • Collaborate with product teams to improve platform functionality based on merchant needs.
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
  • Maintain application security and data-handling standards.
  • Communicate technical progress, implementation decisions, and limitations clearly.
  • Help improve deployment, monitoring, and operational reliability.
  • Take ownership of technical projects from development through deployment and maintenance.

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or a comparable hands-on technical role.
  • Strong programming experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
  • Experience developing backend applications, APIs, or services using Node.js or comparable technologies.
  • Experience building and maintaining integrations with third-party services.
  • Strong understanding of REST APIs, webhooks, and common integration patterns.
  • Familiarity with frontend development using React or comparable frameworks.
  • Experience working with SQL databases and relational data.
  • Understanding of modern application architecture and client-server communication.
  • Experience debugging and troubleshooting issues across multiple systems.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
  • Experience writing maintainable, production-quality software.
  • Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and secure API integrations.
  • Understanding of application validation, error handling, and reliability.
  • Experience working with Git and collaborative development workflows.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and modern deployment practices.
  • Experience writing tests and maintaining software quality.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to investigate technical issues independently.
  • Experience collaborating with engineers, product managers, or customer-facing stakeholders.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to nontechnical audiences.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple technical priorities.
  • Ability to document technical implementations and decisions.
  • Willingness to work across different areas of an application or platform.
  • Strong ownership mindset and ability to follow projects through completion.
  • Comfort working in a fast-moving, remote engineering environment.
  • Nice-to-have experience includes Shopify or other e-commerce platforms, merchant onboarding, subscription commerce or billing integrations, Stripe or other payment processing APIs, React, Next.js, TypeScript in production, tRPC, Prisma, Drizzle ORM, AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, event-driven integrations, multi-tenant SaaS architectures, OAuth, webhook security, internal tools, healthcare or telehealth systems, observability tools, reusable platform features, and AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.