Founding FDA (Forward Deployed Architect)

Coding AI IDEs changed how software is built. Catio is reinventing how software is decided and governed. As AI accelerates code, the real bottleneck has moved upstream: what to build, what to modernize, and how to make architectural decisions with speed and confidence. Catio is the Architecture IDE https://catio.docsend.com/view/3e5x8wtpw4py8cdq — the control plane for modern software systems. We build a living model of production systems, align business goals with technical reality, and generate decision-grade insights, modernization and optimization plans, and execution-ready feature specs. Catio amplifies architects and engineering leaders the way coding copilots amplify developers. See this Demo https://docsend.com/view/d9pqni5xzwx98bzc. Backed by Eniac Ventures, RRE, and operators from Databricks, Dropbox, Akamai, and Cerner, we’re defining a new category in software and infrastructure. THE ROLE We’re hiring our Founding FDA (Forward Deployed Architect) to create the technical backbone of Catio’s commercial motion. This is a foundational role. You are the owner of proof and outcomes — responsible for taking customers from ambiguous business and product objectives and constraints to validated, production-ready architectures, establishing a new product category in the process. You will work end-to-end with customers — from initial architecture discovery through proof-of-value and into real production impact. Your job is to establish deep technical trust, map complex systems and constraints, and translate them into decision-grade artifacts that unlock meaningful outcomes in real production systems. This is a hybrid motion: - You will directly engage senior engineering users (architects, staff+ engineers, platform teams) through both product-led entry and field-driven demand creation in close partnership with a Founding AE - You will convert technical usage and discovery into credible proof — and carry that through to real, production-grade architectural outcomes -