Forward Deployed Engineer

True Talent Solutions Partners

  • San Francisco, California
  • 3 days ago

    Highlights

    Experience working directly with customers on implementations, pilots, solutions engineering, or forward-deployed projects, or a clear interest in moving into customer-facing engineering. You will build production systems with customers, turning complex operational needs into reliable AI-powered solutions and reusable platform capabilities.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, California
    Websitehttps://truetalentsolutionspartners.com

    Description

    About the Role

    Join a newly formed customer-facing engineering team at an early-stage enterprise AI company focused on IT service management and workflow automation. You will build production systems with customers, turning complex operational needs into reliable AI-powered solutions and reusable platform capabilities.

    What You'll Do

    • Architect and build production-grade systems for customer pilots, translating complex requirements into scalable implementations.

    • Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations that extend an AI agent platform.

    • Build secure, reliable integrations with external systems, with strong observability and maintainability.

    • Turn customer needs and edge cases into reusable product capabilities.

    • Own deployments from initial architecture through launch, scaling, and ongoing optimization.

    • Partner with customers and internal teams to solve high-impact problems and move solutions into production.

    • Help establish processes for a new engineering function and contribute to product direction.

    What We're Looking For

    • At least 2 years of software engineering experience, preferably in product-focused or customer-facing roles.

    • Strong backend engineering and system design fundamentals, with experience shipping production systems and building APIs or third-party integrations.

    • Experience working directly with customers on implementations, pilots, solutions engineering, or forward-deployed projects, or a clear interest in moving into customer-facing engineering.

    • Background in startups, small companies, or other fast-moving environments, with ownership and adaptability in ambiguous settings.

    • Clear communication skills with technical and business stakeholders, and the ability to execute independently.

    • Strong computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics fundamentals.

    • Exposure to AI or LLM systems, agent architectures, or automation platforms is helpful.

    Compensation & Benefits

    Base salary: $200,000 to $325,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

    Location

    On-site in San Francisco, California.

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