Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, California
FULL_TIME | USD 200000.00 - 325000.00 YEAR

About the Role

Join an agent deployment team as a customer-facing software engineer, building production AI systems for complex operational workflows. You will contribute to the core platform while working directly with customers and helping shape a new engineering function.

What You'll Do

  • Architect and build production systems for customer deployments, translating complex requirements into scalable implementations.

  • Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations with external and enterprise systems.

  • Build secure, reliable integrations with strong observability and long-term maintainability.

  • Turn customer needs and edge cases into reusable platform capabilities.

  • Own deployments from initial architecture through launch, scaling, and ongoing optimization.

  • Partner with customers, sales, and engineering teams to move quickly from ideas to production.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 2 years of software engineering experience, ideally in product-focused or customer-facing roles.

  • Strong backend engineering and system design fundamentals, with experience shipping production systems and building APIs, integrations, or workflow automation.

  • Experience in a startup, small-company, or other fast-moving environment with high ownership and ambiguity.

  • Clear communication skills for working with technical and business stakeholders.

  • A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics, or comparable evidence of strong technical fundamentals.

  • Exposure to AI or LLM systems, agent architectures, automation platforms, or enterprise customer deployments is valuable.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $200,000 to $325,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

This is an on-site role in San Francisco, California.