Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed EngineerEnterprise AI | San Francisco or New York City | $150K–$225K + equity**This advert is intentionally selective. The role requires genuine production software engineering, direct customer ownership and enthusiasm for a high-intensity, in-person early-stage environment.LinkedIn advert copy**We are recruiting several exceptional Forward Deployed Engineers for a rapidly scaling enterprise AI company backed by leading technology investors.This is not a conventional software engineering, solutions engineering or configuration role. You will write production code, work directly with major enterprise customers and own deployments from initial discovery through architecture, implementation, production rollout and adoption.The company is replacing load-bearing workflows that previously consumed thousands of human hours. Success is measured by the business outcome you create, not by lines of code.What you will doDeconstruct complex customer processes and identify the highest-value problems to solve.Design and ship robust full-stack applications, automations, APIs and integrations.Own testing, deployment, production reliability, customer iteration and adoption.Partner credibly with enterprise operators, engineers and senior leaders.Turn successful pilots into scaled, business-critical production deployments.Please apply only if all of the following are trueYou currently write and ship production code. Prompting, configuration or product demonstrations alone are not sufficient.You can independently build a full-stack application end-to-end and are comfortable with APIs, data models, integrations, debugging and production operations.You actively want a highly customer-facing role and can communicate with both engineers and enterprise decision-makers.You have demonstrated founder-like ownership in a startup, deployment or similarly ambiguous environment.You are attracted to a fast-paced, high-intensity culture with exceptional personal accountability.You can work full-time in person in San Francisco or New York City, or are genuinely willing to relocate.Strong backgrounds may include: hands-on FDEs, founding engineers, technical founders, early-stage startup engineers who delivered customer work, or exceptional engineers combining deep technical ability with product, commercial or consulting experience.If you want to combine serious engineering with direct ownership of enterprise outcomes, I would be pleased to hear from you.