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Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed

United States, Austin 165000.00 - 266000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted December 09, 2025
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As a Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you'll work directly with clients and our internal delivery teams to build and deploy AI-powered solutions that transform how work gets done. You’ll own projects end-to-end: scoping ambiguous problems, prototyping AI workflows, and deploying scalable systems on top of our products — all while interfacing with technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is a hybrid role: equal parts AI engineer, software builder, and technical consultant. It's perfect for someone who wants to be hands-on with models and close to the impact they generate.

Job Responsibility

  • Collaborate with delivery leaders to scope technical solutions to operational problems
  • Identify workflow optimizations through deep engagement with customer problems and work to build into a stable and scalable solution
  • Design and implement AI-powered workflows using LLMs, embedding models, retrieval systems, and automation tools
  • Translate messy real-world constraints (e.g., inconsistent data, latency requirements) into elegant engineering solutions
  • Iterate quickly based on real-time feedback from operators and clients
  • Build reusable tooling and infrastructure that accelerates future deployments

Requirements

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time spent building data, ML, or backend systems
  • Deep proficiency in Python with hands-on experience using Hugging Face, LangChain, OpenAI, Pinecone, and related ecosystems
  • Skilled in full-stack and API-based deployment patterns, including Docker, FastAPI, Kubernetes, and cloud environments (GCP, AWS)
  • Experienced with workflow orchestration libraries, pub/sub systems (Kafka), and schema governance
  • Expertise in data governance and operations, including Unity Catalog and policy management, cluster/job orchestration, data contracts and quality enforcement, Delta/ETL pipelines, and replay processes
  • Strong product and system design instincts — you understand business needs and how to translate them into technical architecture
  • Experience building usable systems from messy data and ambiguous requirements
  • Excellent communication and client-facing skills
  • you’ve led conversations with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
  • Proven experience owning projects from scoping through deployment in ambiguous, high-stakes environments
  • Be willing to be on-call for our customers when situations arise
  • Ability to travel roughly 25–50% of the time, sometimes short-notice trips—primarily across North America with occasional international roll-outs—to work directly on-site with clients
  • Strong engineering background demonstrated by a Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science and related fields OR equivalent professional experience

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