Job DescriptionJob Description
2. Forward Deployed Engineer / Forward Deployed AI EngineerJob Title: Forward Deployed Engineer - AI
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Model: Onsite / Hybrid with customer interaction/travel as required
Job SummaryWe are seeking a highly technical
Forward Deployed Engineer who can operate at the intersection of
customers, product, AI, and software engineering.
This is not a traditional pre-sales or Solutions Architect position. The successful candidate will be expected to
write production-quality code, understand complex customer problems, rapidly prototype solutions, integrate with customer systems, and work with the core engineering team to turn successful implementations into scalable product capabilities.
Responsibilities- Work directly with customers to understand complex technical and business problems.
- Translate ambiguous customer requirements into working technical solutions.
- Build prototypes and POCs rapidly and evolve successful solutions into production deployments.
- Develop integrations, APIs, backend services, data workflows, and AI-powered applications.
- Build with Python and/or TypeScript and modern cloud/backend technologies.
- Implement LLM, RAG, agentic, and Generative AI workflows where appropriate.
- Integrate products with customer data sources, APIs, databases, and enterprise systems.
- Troubleshoot technical issues across application, data, integration, and infrastructure layers.
- Partner closely with product and engineering to convert customer learnings into reusable product features.
- Own implementations from technical discovery through deployment and adoption.
- Communicate technical concepts effectively to both engineers and senior customer stakeholders.
Required Qualifications- Strong hands-on software engineering background.
- Proficiency with Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, Java, or similar languages.
- Experience developing APIs, integrations, backend applications, or full-stack products.
- Experience working directly with customers or end users on technical implementations.
- Ability to move quickly from discovery 12 solution design 212 prototype 212 production.
- Strong debugging and systems-thinking skills.
- Experience working with modern cloud infrastructure and data systems.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with significant ownership.
Highly Preferred- Previous Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Customer Engineer, Founding Engineer, or similar experience.
- Hands-on experience building production AI/LLM/agentic applications.
- Experience at an early-stage/high-growth technology company.
- Strong startup or 0121 product-building experience.
- Ability and willingness to travel to customer sites when necessary.
Important: Candidates whose experience is primarily presentations, pre-sales demonstrations, or high-level solution architecture without substantial hands-on coding are unlikely to be suitable.
Have queries? We19re here to assist you! Chat live with our recruiter or connect with the job owner directly:
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[email protected]Embark on a rewarding journey together with us! At SA Technologies Inc., your journey begins with a friendly technical assessment, providing a stage to highlight your unique skills.
