Forward Deployed Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Jul 21, 2026
This job expires in: 23 days
Job Summary
Working remotely as an independent contractor, the Forward Deployed Engineer will engage with client teams to transform complex business processes into production-grade AI workflows, balancing discovery and hands-on engineering to deliver effective solutions.
Key responsibilities:
- Embed with client teams to shadow operations and map existing processes
- Decompose complex business goals into actionable workflows and design decision logic
- Build and integrate production-grade workflows and systems, ensuring reliability and performance
Required qualifications:
- 3+ years of software engineering experience with production systems
- Hands-on experience with LLMs and multi-step workflows beyond the prototype stage
- Strong integration skills with REST APIs, webhooks, and databases
- Proficiency in Python and familiarity with SQL and data systems
- Client-facing experience with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
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