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Backed by top‑tier investors, the team has built the world’s most widely used LLM Gateway - a unified platform that gives developers secure, scalable access to every major LLM provider.\nFounded in 2023 and already profitable with $2.5M ARR (targeting $10M by mid‑2026), the company is looking for its first Forward Deployed Engineer. someone who thrives at the intersection of customer success, engineering, and systems design. You’ll work closely with customers to deploy, optimize, and troubleshoot the platform in production environments while shaping the product roadmap based on real‑world insights.\nYou’ll operate as a key technical partner to clients, ensuring smooth integrations, rapid debugging, and performance tuning across infrastructure, backend, and frontend layers. 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