Forward Deployed Engineer

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

• Spend time on-site with clients (manufacturers, hospitals,leasing operators, government, defense), 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 getsused.
• Pair closely with a co-founder on every engagement.

• Systems thinker. Clear mental models of how data, code, models,and people fit together, and where each one breaks. Strong web stack experience in Type Script, and database design that holds up undergrowth.
• Working fluency in machine learning, agents, and the broader AIstack. Model selection, retrieval, evaluation, and judgment aboutwhen 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, andadapt your communication style to your audience, bringing acollaborative, empathetic posture to every engagement.
• Excellent client communication and organization. You can lead ameeting 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 atleast one that non-technical users kept using after the demo.
• Willingness to travel to client sites several times a month.