Forward Deployed AI Engineer
$115,000–$200,000 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Own end-to-end integration strategy for enterprise customers and act as the primary technical point of contact post-sale. Partner with clients to understand risk workflows, design GenAI-powered agentic workflows, and work hands-on with customer data backends. Troubleshoot, optimize, and scale AI-driven systems in production while contributing to scripting, automation, and core product improvements. Approximately 70% of time focuses on customer interaction and platform configuration, with 30% dedicated to technical implementation. This role supports Fortune 500 companies and top-tier unicorns within a YC-backed startup applying AI agents to billions of daily events to protect users from spam and fraud.
Required Qualifications
- Experience deploying enterprise B2B SaaS solutions
- Hands-on experience working with LLMs or GenAI systems in production
- Strong coding skills in Python, Java, TypeScript, or similar
- Comfort working with ambiguity and high-ownership environments
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Some startup experience or strong signals (top-tier companies, top schools, impressive GitHub)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer or AI Engineer at another AI startup
- Growth-stage startup experience
- Experience with enterprise integrations and AI system performance measurement (precision, recall, evaluation)
- Understanding how LLM systems fail and how to mitigate those failures in production
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