Forward Deployed Engineer
- Salary
- $165,000 - $250,000 per year
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 23 October 2026.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead customer implementations of AI-powered software from initial scoping through launch, working directly with client stakeholders and writing code when needed. Blend hands-on engineering with relationship management, and pass practical lessons back to the product engineering group.
What you'll do
- Deploy AI systems into production for customers, owning each engagement from scoping to go-live.
- Act as the main contact for senior client stakeholders and build lasting, trusted relationships.
- Design, build and refine AI agents, including prompt engineering, model integration and rapid prototyping with AI-assisted coding tools.
- Scope and develop new features that help customers scale their usage.
- Work alongside client technical teams to connect the product to their existing systems through APIs.
- Partner with internal platform engineers so releases land smoothly, and relay useful product insights.
- Document best practices in internal playbooks so the deployment function can grow.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Experience shipping production code in a startup, as a founder or early engineer, or at a large fast-moving technology company.
- A degree in a STEM field.
- Solid computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms and system design.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Working knowledge of large language models, prompting techniques and AI agent design.
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain technical topics to customers.
- Willingness to work from the office five days a week.
- Demonstrated ownership of projects from start to finish in a technical, customer-facing role.
Bonus points
- Degree from a highly ranked university for the program, which can offset gaps in other areas.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 165,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Prompt Engineering
Rare in Raydar's other 299 open postings.
Standard for solutions / sales engineering roles
Python
Common in solutions / sales engineering postings at any company.
Compared with Raydar's other open jobs.
Other openings for this role
16 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 23 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
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Salary context
213 other open postings titled Forward Deployed Engineer state a salary: median USD 156,000 to USD 220,000 a year.
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