Forward Deployed Engineer
- San Francisco, CA, United States
$200,000 to $325,000 USD / year
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Job details
- Pay
- $200,000 to $325,000 USD / year
- Experience
- At least 2 years of software engineering experience, with strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience shipping production systems.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join a customer-facing engineering team building production-grade AI systems for enterprise IT workflows. You will work directly with customers on complex deployments while contributing reusable capabilities to an AI automation platform.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Architect and build scalable, durable systems for customer pilots, translating complex requirements into production implementations.
- Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations that extend an AI agent platform.
- Build secure, reliable integrations with external systems, emphasizing observability and maintainability.
- Turn customer needs and edge cases into reusable product capabilities.
- Own deployments from initial architecture through launch, scaling, and ongoing optimization.
- Partner with customers and internal teams to solve high-impact problems and deliver solutions quickly.
- Help establish the practices and direction of a growing deployment engineering function.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 2 years of software engineering experience, with strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience shipping production systems.
- Experience building APIs and integrations with third-party or enterprise systems.
- Customer-facing engineering experience in implementations, pilots, solutions engineering, or similar work, or a clear interest in moving into this kind of role.
- Strong communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and adapt in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, ideally including startup or 0-to-1 settings.
- Exposure to AI or LLM systems, agent-based architectures, or automation platforms is a plus.
- A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics, or equivalent technical experience.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary range: $200,000 to $325,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California.