Forward Deployed Engineer

You’ll lead engineering on a small portfolio of client engagements, working alongside a co-founder from the first conversation through the system that’s still in production a year later. The work is hands-on and end-to-end.

What you’d do

• Spend time on-site with clients (manufacturers, hospitals, leasing operators, government, retail), mapping how the work actually moves.
• Own the build end-to-end: design, integrations, deployment, hand-off, and the work after launch that determines whether the system gets used.
• Pair closely with a co-founder on every engagement.

What we look for

• Systems thinker. Clear mental models of how data, code, models, and people fit together, and where each one breaks. Strong web stack experience in TypeScript, and database design that holds up under growth.
• Working fluency in machine learning, agents, and the broader AI stack. Model selection, retrieval, evaluation, and judgment about when agentic patterns are worth the added complexity. Research background not required.
• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills. You build rapport across all levels of an organization, listen actively, and adapt your communication style to your audience, bringing a collaborative, empathetic posture to every engagement.
• Excellent client communication and organization. You can lead a meeting with executives and the people doing the work, and hold multiple engagements, stakeholders, and deadlines at once without things slipping.
• Five+ years shipping production systems end-to-end, including at least one that non-technical users kept using after the demo.
• Willingness to travel to client sites several times a month.