Forward Deployed Engineer
$280,000–$320,000 year
HybridNew York City, New York, United States
New York City, New York, United StatesHybridFull Time$280,000–$320,000 yearAI ServicesLarge
Full TimeLargeAI Services
Job Summary
Build production applications with Claude models within customer systems and deliver technical artifacts like MCP servers and sub-agents for enterprise workflows. Provide white glove deployment support, identify repeatable deployment patterns, and codify insights for Product and Engineering teams. Work autonomously with customer teams to accelerate AI adoption, build long-term relationships, and champion the mission in complex organizations while navigating ambiguity. Potential travel to customer sites for in-person collaboration is estimated at 25%.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in a technical, customer facing role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, or as a Software Engineer with consulting experience
- Production experience with LLMs including advanced prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale
- Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python
- Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
- Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
- Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
- Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time
- Potential Travel (based on location) to customer sites to build in person with customers. - Estimated 25%
Desired Qualifications
- Former technical founders
- Experience with one or more additional languages like Typescript, Java, etc
- High agency with an ability to navigate ambiguity present in complex organizations
- High cooperation mindset for cross-organizational collaboration, balancing competing priorities with integrity
- Passion for advancing safe, beneficial AI systems through creative technical applications
- Strong communication skills to conduct discovery with customers and to convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders while maintaining a low ego and collaborative approach
- A background in financial services, healthcare/life sciences, or another enterprise vertical
- Experience with enterprise IT systems and/or AI deployment patterns
- Experience working as an FDE or in a professional services context
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