Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE:As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Varick, you will play a pivotal hybrid role that merges engineering prowess with client engagement. You will collaborate directly with enterprise clients, akin to strategists, while also taking on the technical challenge of building solutions. Your responsibilities will include conducting audits, mapping workflows, identifying automation opportunities, and coding the solutions that bring those opportunities to life. You will be the vital link from the initial discovery phase through to deployment.This position demands an individual capable of engaging with C-suite executives, such as CFOs, to analyze their month-end closing processes and then architecting the necessary systems to enhance efficiency. The ideal candidate will possess both the polished client-facing skills and deep technical expertise, as we require a rare blend of both.

At EndeavorAI, we are pioneers in the realm of enterprise AI.Our innovative software serves as the distribution layer for advanced AI models designed to shape the future.We passionately believe that AI will revolutionize sectors such as legal, healthcare, and finance, but our foremost mission is to develop AI that transforms the physical infrastructure necessary for AI's growth.We specifically target the building materials market, which suffers from outdated manual quoting, order entry, and pricing processes—leading to lost revenue and inefficiencies. Our AI solutions are designed to optimize these processes, leading to rapid market adoption. Once we dominate this sector, we'll expand into other industries. Our immediate goal is to secure our position in this market as it is crucial for our next phase of growth.While labs innovate future models, we focus on the last-mile delivery, ensuring reliable results that integrate seamlessly with existing ecosystems.Our Core Principles:We embrace boldness, especially when faced with challenges deemed impossible.We are committed to seeking the truth, prioritizing clarity over comfort.We will succeed, and we dedicate ourselves fully to achieving that success.Role Overview | Forward Deployed EngineerIn the role of Forward Deployed Engineer, you will collaborate closely with our clients to tackle their most pressing technical challenges, crafting tailored solutions as both an engineer and a trusted advisor. Your days will vary significantly; one day you may be on-site with a client, the next diving deep into code, and the following presenting your solutions to executive teams. This position demands adaptability and the ability to thrive in an environment where requirements are still being defined. If you enjoy diverse tasks, value relationship building, and are energized by solving intricate problems in dynamic settings, this is the opportunity for you.

Join Cloudflare as a Forward Deployed Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in bridging technical solutions with customer needs. In this dynamic position, you will work closely with clients to implement and optimize our network services, ensuring they are effectively integrated into their infrastructure. Your expertise will not only help clients achieve their goals but also contribute to the development of innovative solutions that enhance our offerings.The ideal candidate will possess strong problem-solving abilities and have a passion for technology and customer success. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are eager to make a significant impact in the tech industry, we want to hear from you!

The RoleJoin us as a pioneering Forward Deployed Engineer at rowspace, where you'll operate at the nexus of advanced technical expertise and impactful customer engagement. In this role, you will manage the technical aspects of customer relationships following sales, integrate seamlessly into their workflows, and design production-ready solutions tailored to their data, driving significant, quantifiable outcomes.Gain firsthand insights into the operational intricacies of investors—their complex data infrastructures, internal systems, and unique challenges. Your observations will inform platform enhancements that elevate the experience for all clients. Collaborate closely with our founders and engineering team, where your contributions will have a substantial impact as we iterate rapidly and reshape the workflows of the world’s most sophisticated investors.What You'll DoEngage directly with customers—create customized integrations and data pipelines, hold regular meetings to grasp their evolving requirements, and design and implement new workflows from inception to deployment.Analyze and optimize—troubleshoot issues related to data retrieval quality, LLM performance, and data ingestion in live production settings.Collaborate with AI Deployment Managers to enhance adoption and explore new use cases.Represent the voice of the customer—identify platform gaps and trends proactively, working alongside engineering and product teams to prioritize essential features, often implementing fixes yourself.Leverage your solutions for broader impact—transform tailored builds into scalable integrations, and develop playbooks that facilitate future customer engagements.What You Bring2–5+ years of experience as a software engineer or in a customer-facing technical role (e.g., FDE, solutions engineer/architect, implementation engineer), preferably in a company delivering direct solutions to clients.Solid technical background—proficient in Python and SQL, capable of navigating complex datasets and real-world data challenges (PDFs, Excel files, inconsistent formats).Familiarity with AI/ML concepts—understanding of RAG, embeddings, LLMs, and retrieval systems. You won't train models but will adeptly debug and optimize them.Customer-centric and results-driven—you are genuinely interested in understanding customers' systems, measuring success by the impact on their operations rather than your output.Self-starter with a builder's mentality—when challenges arise on-site with customers, you take the initiative to resolve them. You enjoy crafting solutions and thrive on figuring out problems independently.

Join the innovative team at Mercor as a Forward Deployed Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in delivering cutting-edge solutions to our clients. In this dynamic position, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deploy and optimize our products in real-world environments.

ABOUT BASETENAt Baseten, we empower revolutionary AI companies, including Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer, to achieve mission-critical inference. By integrating cutting-edge AI research, adaptable infrastructure, and user-friendly developer tools, we enable organizations at the forefront of AI to seamlessly deploy advanced models into production. Our rapid growth is exemplified by our recent $300M Series E funding, supported by esteemed investors such as BOND, IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, and Conviction. Join us in creating the essential platform that engineers rely on to launch AI products successfully.THE ROLEAs a Forward Deployed Engineer at Baseten, you will collaborate closely with clients to design, develop, and implement high-scale production AI applications utilizing our platform. You will guide customers through their journey from initial concept to full production deployment, expertly translating vague business objectives into dependable, observable services that meet clear standards for quality, latency, and cost.This position is ideal for innovative engineers eager to gain insights into how modern enterprises adopt AI at scale, and who thrive in environments that blend product development, software engineering, performance optimization, and direct customer engagement.Please note that this is a hands-on engineering role involving coding and software development, complemented by responsibilities in product management, technical customer success, and pre-sales solution engineering.EXAMPLE INITIATIVESExplore these insightful blog posts authored by our Forward Deployed Engineering team: Forward Deployed Engineering on the Frontier of AIThe Fastest, Most Accurate Whisper TranscriptionDeploy Production-Ready Model Servers from Docker ImagesDeploy Custom ComfyUI Workflows as APIs

Wonderschool supports small business owners and childcare providers in launching and growing in-home early childhood education programs. The company combines software, personalized coaching, and responsive support to help providers succeed, while also working with government partners to strengthen public childcare infrastructure. The team is small and agile, focused on creating meaningful impact for families and communities nationwide. Role overview The Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI role focuses on building and launching products that directly support Wonderschool’s mission. This position involves working hands-on with customers, sometimes traveling to their locations, to identify pain points and deliver AI-powered solutions that drive revenue, efficiency, and a better user experience. The work blends engineering, product management, operations, and business leadership, often requiring independent decision-making and rapid iteration based on user feedback. Collaboration is central to this role. Expect to work closely with sales, onboarding, and account management teams to automate workflows, improve customer experiences, and find new growth opportunities. The approach draws inspiration from the forward deployed engineering model seen at companies like Palantir, and is ideal for those who want to solve real-world problems in the field. What you will do Work directly with users and internal teams to identify key issues and deliver product solutions. Spend about half your time writing production code and rolling out weekly improvements across the customer journey. Use tools such as Widesurf, Cursor, and other AI accelerators to improve productivity and quality. Develop and deploy AI-enhanced tools that reduce manual work and improve experiences for providers, parents, and government partners. Automate processes like onboarding, proposal generation, reporting, and other operational workflows. Own the entire feedback loop: engage users, design solutions, code, test, deploy, and monitor adoption. Prioritize projects based on business impact and work across teams to drive measurable results. What success looks like Quickly uncover user pain points and consistently deliver solutions that address them. Deploy AI-powered internal tools or product features that improve conversion, retention, and revenue. Take full responsibility for the feedback cycle from discovery to deployment, iterating rapidly. Internal teams rely on your tools to operate more efficiently and with fewer resources. Locations Gallup, New Mexico; Michigan; Missouri; San Francisco; West Virginia (United States)

Join Interface as a Forward Deployed Engineer! We are on the lookout for innovative generalist engineers (machine learning, data, full-stack) who are not afraid to push boundaries and have a strong drive to succeed. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and believe in building quickly to achieve results, we want you on our team!Who You Are:You make quick, strategic decisions that can be reversed easily.You proactively identify and resolve issues before they are brought to your attention.You are proficient with our technology stack, including TSX, Python, Docker, LLMs, YOLO, Tesseract, PostgreSQL, AWS, and React Native.You have a track record of building impactful products that are actively used.You excel in dynamic and chaotic environments.Your Responsibilities:Engage with users and customers to understand their experiences, challenges, and needs.Design and architect systems that are utilized daily by large-scale enterprises.Develop autonomous data pipelines that efficiently audit vast amounts of documents.Manage scalable infrastructure to support our growing needs.Deliver solutions rapidly, as we believe that perfectionism can impede progress.Real Talk:Collaborate closely with the founding team and our customers.Prioritize user needs over flashy features and trends.Expect to work six days a week at our office.Be ready for an intense working environment in San Francisco, known for its excellent weather and vibrant tech ecosystem.Additional Information:Remote applications are welcomed from candidates around the globe.We offer competitive salaries, substantial equity, and the opportunity to influence early-stage decisions.Receive a $3,000 bonus for successful referrals!About Interface: We are the leaders in autonomous safety solutions for the industrial sector. We are developing an advanced AI-powered auditing platform that identifies and rectifies errors in various industrial documents, including regulatory filings and CAD files. Join us at the forefront of innovation where LLMs, computer vision, and data pipelines converge to redefine compliance and safety standards.

OverviewPulse is at the forefront of addressing a significant challenge in data infrastructure: extracting precise, structured information from intricate documents at scale. Our innovative approach to document understanding merges intelligent schema mapping with advanced extraction models, where traditional OCR and parsing tools often fall short.Based in San Francisco, we are a dynamic, rapidly expanding team of engineers dedicated to empowering Fortune 100 companies, YC startups, public investment firms, and growth-stage businesses. With the backing of top-tier investors, we are on an exciting growth trajectory.Our technology stands out due to its multi-stage architecture, which includes:Specialized models for layout understanding and component detectionLow-latency OCR models tailored for precise extractionAdvanced algorithms for reading order in complex structuresProprietary recognition and parsing of table structuresFine-tuned vision-language models for interpreting charts, tables, and figuresIf you are passionate about the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and data infrastructure, your contributions at Pulse will have a direct impact on our customers and help shape the future of document intelligence.

Join Palona as a Forward Deployed Engineer and be part of a groundbreaking team that's redefining the landscape of adaptive, multimodal AI systems. In this dynamic role, you will merge engineering expertise with customer engagement and practical operations. Collaborating directly with industry operators, you will play a crucial role in guiding AI agents that learn and adapt in real-time.If you thrive on blending technological innovation with human interaction, relish tackling complex real-world challenges, and seek to make a significant impact in live environments, this is the opportunity for you.ResponsibilitiesAs a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will serve as the vital link between our product, our clients, and the AI agents deployed to the field. Your responsibilities will include:Deep Collaboration: Work closely with operators and clients to gain insights into business operations, identify real-world workflows, and translate these into system functionalities.AI Development: Design, scope, and implement adaptive AI agents that evolve with the customer’s environment, creating dynamic systems that improve through ongoing interaction.Application Integration: Build and integrate robust applications that connect Palona’s AI platform with customer infrastructure.Prototyping and Demos: Develop demonstrations, prototypes, and workflows showcasing how adaptive agents can effectively address operational challenges.Field Testing: Troubleshoot real-world edge cases and transform insights from deployments into actionable product intelligence and enhancements.Performance Assurance: Ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of AI agents in fast-paced, operationally intense settings.Relationship Building: Cultivate long-term partnerships where both you and the AI agents evolve alongside the customer.This role is a unique hybrid of engineering and consulting, designed for individuals who possess a blend of curiosity, ownership, and versatility.

Join Cloudflare as a Forward Deployed Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in delivering innovative solutions to our clients. This position involves working closely with customers to deploy and integrate our cutting-edge technologies while enhancing their infrastructure and security.You will be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and creativity, tackling complex challenges and driving impactful results. If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you!

Join our dynamic team as a Forward Deployed Engineer in the heart of San Francisco! In this role, you will work closely with clients, leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver innovative solutions tailored to their needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring seamless integration and deployment of our products to drive success for our customers.

Coframe is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer based in the SF Bay Area. This role centers on building custom integrations, refining client workflows, and delivering solutions for large enterprise customers. Key Responsibilities Work directly with strategic enterprise clients to understand their technical needs and challenges Design and implement integrations tailored to each client’s environment Optimize existing workflows to create measurable improvements Collaborate with engineering and product teams to develop effective solutions Help expand Coframe’s presence within major customer accounts Role Details This is a hands-on position that blends technical problem-solving with frequent customer interaction. Forward Deployed Engineers at Coframe bridge engineering, product, and client priorities, taking on complex enterprise projects that contribute to both client outcomes and company growth.

Overview: At Sphinx, we are pioneering the automation of compliance processes for banks and fintech companies through advanced AI agents that function like human analysts in a browser environment. As demand accelerates, our deployment team is expanding to cater to the needs of significant financial institutions across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America. If you thrive in delivering functional systems in dynamic environments, swiftly resolving complex scenarios, and collaborating closely with clients, we want to hear from you.Excited to jump ahead? Participate in our AI-proof coding challenge to bypass the queue. If successful, we will connect with you directly for an interview with our CTO. Winning the challenge earns you $10,000, no questions asked.Company BackgroundCompliance is a critical process ensuring that financial transactions are secure and legitimate. At Sphinx, we develop AI-driven analysts that seamlessly integrate with browsers, APIs, and internal systems to automate Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), and transaction monitoring from end to end.Our AI agents are already responsible for millions of compliance decisions across the banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency sectors. As we scale rapidly, each new deployment challenges the boundaries of what AI can achieve in live production environments.Why You Should Join SphinxExpand into a significant market: The financial sector invests around $50 billion annually on hiring analysts for manual reporting. This industry has seen limited innovation, and our competitors frequently receive complaints from customers. It's not glamorous work, but you will be building the intelligence infrastructure that safeguards the entire financial ecosystem.Consistent success: We have successfully won every Request for Proposal (RFP) we have participated in, outperforming our competitors.Join a dynamic team: Our co-founders have a proven track record of selling an AI company and developing machine learning systems that scaled to millions of users, securing contracts with major banks. Our San Francisco team comprises PhD holders, industry veterans, and elite coders.Innovative technology: Our approach involves developing groundbreaking technology, which serves as our competitive advantage.Focus on customers, not investors: We prioritize building customer relationships over chasing investors. Our solutions have significantly reduced manual workloads by 90% and cut costs by fourfold for leading banks and fintechs worldwide.Technical Challenges Await

Join us in revolutionizing robotics through data infrastructure.As robotics transitions from labs to real-world applications in factories, warehouses, and field operations, the demand for reliable data handling grows. Engineers depend on data to diagnose failures, understand unexpected behaviors, and enhance robotic systems.At Foxglove, we create the tools that enable observability, visualization, and robust data infrastructure, empowering robotics and autonomous systems teams to effectively manage and analyze vast amounts of multimodal sensor data from live operations and production fleets.Role OverviewWe are seeking a versatile and experienced Forward-Deployed Engineer to enhance our team at Foxglove. This position is perfect for a product-focused full-stack engineer who excels in customer-facing roles and enjoys tackling intricate technical challenges in robotics and data observability.In this role, you will collaborate directly with key clients to integrate and expand Foxglove's platform within their ecosystems, while also contributing to the development of our core product. This unique position combines hands-on development, creative problem-solving, and close teamwork with customer teams, allowing you to serve as a trusted engineering partner and identify opportunities for enhancement based on real-world scenarios.Key ResponsibilitiesDeep Customer Engagement – Work closely with customer teams to grasp their business objectives, domain limitations, and technical needs.Solution Design & Development – Create and implement comprehensive solutions using an experimental and iterative approach (TypeScript/React, Node.js, Python, ROS, SQL).Project Scoping & Planning – Define clear scopes of work, timelines, and success metrics for projects ranging from proofs-of-concept to full production deployments.Hands-On Coding – Collaborate directly with customer engineers, deploying solutions in their cloud or on-premises environments to ensure successful implementation.Cross-Functional Collaboration – Work closely with Sales and Customer Success teams on the same accounts to deliver seamless experiences and measurable results.Feedback for Product Improvement – Communicate insights from the field to Research, Product, and Engineering teams; your experiences will shape our development roadmap.

Giga recently secured $61 million in Series A funding and is already working with notable clients, including DoorDash. We are on a mission to revolutionize customer experience by developing real-time AI agents capable of understanding emotions, resolving issues swiftly, and scaling for the world's largest enterprises.This is a pivotal moment for our company. Although we have achieved significant success, our ambitions are even greater. We aim to establish ourselves as the leading AI platform for enterprise automation, driven by our voice superintelligence. To realize this vision, we are looking for exceptional engineers to join our team.The impact of your work will touch millions of people daily, providing our engineers with the autonomy to make a real difference. This opportunity is unique due to our innovative founders, proven commercial success, and clear trajectory toward becoming a generational company.Learn more about us:Voice AI startup Giga raises $61M Series ADoorDash and Giga PartnershipGiga develops AI agents that are trusted by the largest B2C enterprises globally. Industry leaders such as DoorDash rely on Giga for their most intricate support and operational workflows across voice, chat, and email. If this sounds appealing to you, we encourage you to apply!About the RoleWe are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our San Francisco team. In this role, you will function as the technical liaison and project lead between Giga and our clients, crafting and deploying advanced AI-driven solutions at scale.What You’ll DoLead customer engagements from start to finish: conduct discovery calls & demonstrations, align business and technical stakeholders on objectives, oversee the deployment and upkeep of world-class agents, and serve as the primary point of contact who facilitates meetings and addresses obstacles.Design & deploy production-ready AI agents: work with large datasets, write backend code, build integrations, and deploy to cloud infrastructure.Manage the entire agent development lifecycle: rapidly prototype, set up CI/CD pipelines, monitor live usage, iterate towards objectives, and document best practices to expedite future projects.Mentorship: Lead and mentor junior engineers on agent development best practices.

Join Metriport as a Forward Deployed Engineer, where you will play a critical role in deploying our cutting-edge solutions directly to clients. In this dynamic position, you'll collaborate closely with our engineering and product teams to ensure seamless integration of our software in various environments. Your expertise will not only help us enhance our technologies but also empower our clients to achieve their business objectives through effective use of our products.

About HappyRobotHappyRobot is revolutionizing the real economy with its AI-native operating system. Our innovative platform integrates real-time data, specialized AI workers, and orchestrating intelligence to empower enterprises in managing complex and mission-critical operations with unparalleled autonomy.Our AI operating system continually accumulates knowledge, optimizes processes, and evolves over time. We are initially focusing on supply chain and industrial-scale operations, where resilience, speed, and continuous improvement are paramount—allowing humans to dedicate their efforts towards strategy, creativity, and high-value activities.With $62 million raised to date, including a recent $44 million Series B funding round in September 2025 and backing from renowned investors such as Y Combinator (YC), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Base10, we are committed to assembling a world-class team. We seek individuals with unyielding drive, exceptional problem-solving skills, and a passion for pushing boundaries in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. If this aligns with your aspirations, HappyRobot is the place for you.Role OverviewWe are on the lookout for a talented and adaptable Forward Deployed Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your technical expertise and outstanding communication abilities to work directly with customers, helping them derive maximum value from the HappyRobot AI platform. Your responsibilities will include customer onboarding, implementation, and ongoing support, along with contributions to product development and innovation.At HappyRobot, we maintain a culture of collaboration, devoid of rigid hierarchies. We build, we execute, we take ownership, and we are deeply invested in our customers' success.

Join our dynamic team at Physical Intelligence as a Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer, where you'll be the frontline technical expert for our innovative fleet of robotic systems operating in various warehouse and data-collection environments. Our diverse array of robots, encompassing both static and mobile systems, tackles intricate manipulation and sensing tasks in real-world applications. As the first responder to any technical challenges, you'll analyze field tickets, replicate issues, gather diagnostic data, and spearhead resolutions to ensure our fleet operates at peak efficiency.

At Exa, we are on a mission to revolutionize the AI landscape by developing a cutting-edge search engine from the ground up. Our robust infrastructure is designed to efficiently crawl the web, train advanced embedding models for indexing, and create incredibly high-performance vector databases in Rust for optimized search capabilities. Our state-of-the-art $5 million H200 GPU cluster powers tens of thousands of machines, enabling unmatched performance.As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Exa, you will play a vital role in bridging the technical and commercial aspects of our business. This unique position requires someone who is not only proficient in programming but also skilled in engaging with customers—truly a winning combination!