About the job
About Gray Swan
At Gray Swan, we specialize in safeguarding organizations against emerging AI security threats. Our team of approximately 25 passionate professionals is dedicated to developing cutting-edge, real-time threat detection systems, automated validation protocols, and adaptive defenses tailored for AI laboratories and large enterprises. With significant funding and a trajectory of rapid growth, we are making a tangible impact in the AI safety domain.
Our impressive client roster includes globally recognized organizations, meaning that from your very first day, you will take on substantial responsibilities and share in meaningful equity. Here, you will thrive in a high-ownership environment where you will tackle complex challenges, make swift progress, and contribute to shaping both our products and the overall direction of the company.
Many of our engineers and researchers are drawn to Gray Swan because our mission is significant. We are engaged in substantial, impactful work in AI safety, and that sense of purpose is a core reason why talented individuals choose to be part of our team.
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The Role
As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Gray Swan, you will be instrumental in designing, constructing, and deploying enterprise-level software solutions directly within our customers’ environments. You will collaborate closely with customer teams to seamlessly integrate Gray Swan’s AI security platform into intricate production systems, transforming ambiguous, high-stakes requirements into dependable, scalable deployments.
This position is perfect for engineers who prefer not to engage with the same narrow tasks daily. You will work at the convergence of software engineering, systems integration, and client delivery, collaborating closely with customers, sales, product teams, and core engineering. You will take ownership of results from start to finish and excel in dynamic, client-facing environments where reliability, security, and trust are paramount.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with engineering, security, and platform teams to comprehend system architectures, constraints, and operational realities.
- Design and implement integrations between Gray Swan’s platform and client systems, APIs, data pipelines, and runtime environments.
- Convert real-world enterprise requirements into well-defined proofs of concept, deployment strategies, and production architectures.
- Serve as the primary technical owner for customer deployments, swiftly identifying, scoping, and resolving issues across environments.
- Develop and enhance backend services, integrations, and tools to facilitate secure deployment in a variety of client environments.

