Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Join our team as a Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in building and optimizing production-ready AI systems for secure and distributed environments. You will transform prototype models into scalable, efficient, and reliable production systems, collaborate closely with customers, and serve as a trusted technical advisor. This remote-first position offers equity options, comprehensive health coverage, a 401(k), and a stipend for continued learning.

Transforming prototype models into scalable, efficient, and reliable production systems that operate seamlessly across various hardware.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating closely with customers to scope, deploy, and maintain AI solutions in production environments, ensuring their successful implementation.
• Debugging and optimizing data pipelines and AI systems running on customer networks, translating complex customer requirements into well-scoped technical solutions.

Requirements

• Comfortable working in dynamic environments with high customer exposure

Active US Security clearance

• 5+ years of combined experience in software engineering and machine learning
• Exceptional communication skills; able to challenge vague requirements and turn them into actionable plans
• Proven track record of deploying and maintaining machine learning/AI systems in production
• Experience debugging complex systems involving data pipelines, model inference, and hardware interaction
• Strong expertise in ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, JAX, etc
• Experience deploying models on edge devices or consumer hardware
• Familiarity with distributed systems, DevOps tooling, and performance tuning
• Proficiency in developing full stack applications
• Knowledge of privacy-preserving AI and secure compute environments
• Master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline

Preferred

• Prior experience in a customer-facing engineering role