{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"fe14dea5c06172a5dbee1b5f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fe14dea5c06172a5dbee1b5f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fe14dea5c06172a5dbee1b5f","title":"Applied AI Inference - Forward Deployed Engineer","description":"ABOUT BASETEN\r\nBaseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.\r\nTHE ROLE\r\nAs a Forward Deployed Engineer at Baseten, you will partner directly with customers to architect, build, and deploy high-scale production AI applications on Baseten's platform. You'll own the journey with customers from initial exploration to production deployment, translating ambiguous business goals into reliable, observable services with clear quality, latency, and cost outcomes.\r\nThis role is a great fit for entrepreneurial engineers who want a front-row view into how modern companies adopt AI at scale and who enjoy working across product, software development, performance engineering, and customer-facing implementations.\r\nTo be clear, this is an engineering role with hands-on coding and software development that also includes aspects of product management, technical customer success, and pre-sales solution engineering mixed in.\r\nEXAMPLE INITIATIVES\r\nForward Deployed Engineering on the frontier of AI\r\nThe fastest, most accurate Whisper transcription\r\nDeploy production-ready model servers from Docker images\r\nDeploy custom ComfyUI workflows as APIs\r\nRESPONSIBILITIES\r\nDevelop and maintain software systems and product features using one or more general-purpose programming languages in a production-level environment, with a preference for Python due to its relevance in ML projects.\r\nDrive customer impact by designing, implementing, and deploying Baseten solutions end-to-end (problem framing ? evaluation ? production deployment ? monitoring). This involves working with customers' engineering teams at every stage of the customer journey including sales, implementation, and expansion.\r\nDeliver with velocity: turn vague objectives into clear specs and well-defined PoCs so we can rapidly ship well-tested services and outcomes for our customers.\r\nOptimize and enhance AI/ML projects, contributing to the continuous improvement of our technical stack. This includes developing features and PRDs with other engineering and product orgs.\r\nOwn products and customer projects end-to-end, functioning as both an engineer, project manager, and product manager, with a focus on user empathy, project specification, and end-to-end execution.\r\nNavigate ambiguity and exercise good judgment on tradeoffs and tools needed to solve problems, avoiding unnecessary complexity.\r\nDemonstrate pride, ownership, and accountability for your work, expecting the same from your teammates.\r\nREQUIREMENTS\r\nBachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.\r\n2+ years of professional work experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.\r\nDemonstrated experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages in a production-level environment, with a strong preference for Python.\r\nFamiliarity with AI/ML pipelines and the lifecycle of ML model development and deployment.\r\nStrong communication skills, particularly on complex technical topics.\r\nExperience in building or optimizing AI/ML projects is highly valued.\r\nBENEFITS\r\nCompetitive compensation, including meaningful equity.\r\n100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents.\r\nFlexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New's Day!).\r\nPaid parental leave.\r\nFertility and family-building stipend through Carrot.\r\nCompany-facilitated 401(k).\r\nExposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.\r\nAt Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. 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