Forward Deployed Engineer - TriFetch

TriFetch is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers to own end-to-end customer deployments for healthcare AI systems. This is an extremely high-agency, customer-facing engineering role where engineers directly manage implementation, debugging, deployment, and ongoing optimization inside clinical environments. The role combines production engineering, client communication, systems integration, healthcare operations understanding, and rapid iteration under live production pressure., * Meet customers weekly during deployment cycles and iterate rapidly on workflows

• Debug live production issues on customer calls under time pressure
• Build modular production code enabling same-day deployments
• Own customer success outcomes directly tied to implementation quality
• Collaborate with clinicians and operational staff in high-stakes healthcare environments

Data Protection & Security

• Handle PHI within HIPAA-compliant infrastructure
• Follow least-privilege access standards and store secrets securely in GCP Secret Manager
• Maintain encrypted devices and audit logging
• Complete HIPAA privacy and security training annually
• Follow all internal security and acceptable use policies

Do you have experience in Python?, * Strong Python engineering skills

• Experience shipping production-ready systems
• Strong debugging ability in live production environments
• Extreme ownership mentality and high agency
• Excellent communication skills under pressure
• Comfortable speaking directly with clinicians and healthcare operators
• Strong engineering pedigree aligned with top-school founding team expectations
• Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate onsite, * Prior Forward Deployed Engineering experience
• Healthcare or healthtech integrations experience
• Cloud infrastructure experience
• Startup founder or founding engineer background
• Experience with voice AI, OCR systems, or computer-use agents
• Strong interpersonal or leadership indicators for junior candidates, * Low-agency enterprise engineering backgrounds
• Research-heavy ML backgrounds without production ownership
• Engineers with weak communication skills or inability to debug live under pressure

$150,000 - $200,000 a year - Full-time