Forward Deployment Engineer- San Diego Hybrid

$155,000 to $200,000 USD / year

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8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years building LLM-powered systems (RAG, agents, structured extraction) that run in production, not just prototypes or internal experiments.
Demonstrated technical leadership: engineers you have mentored or managed got measurably better because of your code review, pairing, and guidance, and you want direct reports as part of your role.
Expert-level Python and strong full-stack fundamentals, with the judgment to choose boring, reliable technology when the problem calls for it.
Production cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including deploying, monitoring, and maintaining systems that clients depend on daily.
Deep working knowledge of the modern AI stack: prompt and context engineering, evaluation, embeddings, vector search, and agent orchestration frameworks.
A track record of owning ambiguous, high-stakes projects end to end, from problem framing through architecture, build, and post-launch iteration.
Fluent English and clear communication on client calls; you can explain an architecture decision to a non-technical executive without losing them.
Consulting-environment adaptability: comfort switching between client contexts, industries, and codebases without losing momentum.
Based in San Diego, CA with reliable overlap with Colombia business hours for client and team collaboration.
An AI-first working style: you use these tools daily to multiply your own output and teach the team to do the same.