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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed AI Engineer - **Company:** THE SEVENTHHIRE LLC - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $300,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Large Language Models, Build Management - **Published:** September 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=013b17261e6a4e5d ## About the Role Customer-facing engineering experience on post-sales side scoping problems, building solutions, and shipping within the same week VC-backed startup pedigree , experience at a company that raised Series A+ from a top-tier VC Hard skills Proficient in Python and/or TypeScript Baseline Seniority 3 - 6 years of experience in software engineering, forward deployed, solutions, implementation or product engineering , role is ~70% coding (mix of customer-facing builds and platform work) and ~30% customer-facing scoping and requirements gathering Work experience Experience scaling enterprise deployments , building and shipping multiple product features or automations for large customers Education Degree from a top university , Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Duke, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna, UIUC, or equivalent strongly preferred Soft skills Comfortable context-switching between customer-facing communication and heads-down coding Miscellaneous On-site 5 days/week in San Francisco Work experience Built or deployed AI/ML automations or agentic workflows in a production environment Hard skills Experience building or integrating LLM/AI automation pipelines (e.g. OpenAI, LangChain, or similar) Traits to avoid Candidates with only large-company experience, no startup exposure or software consulting backgrounds SWEs-turned-FDEs looking to return to pure SWE (no direct customer interaction experience) Job hoppers , 3+ jobs in 3 years for early-career candidates is a red flag International candidates without substantive US work experience, * 3-6 years of post-college engineering experience, no new grads * Customer-facing engineering experience, comfortable interfacing with enterprise customers regularly * Full-stack proficiency, comfortable shipping across front end and back end * Experience at a VC-backed startup (Series A+) funded by top-tier VCs * Degree from a top university (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Duke, Harvey Mudd, UIUC, or equivalent) * Strong ownership mentality, you don't wait for process, you create it Bonus Qualifications * Experience building or deploying AI/ML automations or agentic workflows in production * Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript * Experience in insurance or financial services domain ## Description This is a hands-on, customer-facing engineering role at the intersection of AI, product, and implementation. You'll work directly with some of the largest insurance brokerages in the country, understanding their workflows, building AI automations on Client's platform, and shipping solutions within days, not months. The role is ~70% coding and ~30% customer-facing scoping. You'll hop on a call with a customer to understand their problem, then build and deploy an agent that solves it, often in the same week. Everything you build feeds back into the platform, so your work scales beyond a single customer. You won't be doing pre-sales, demos, or upselling, deployment strategists handle that. Your job is to deeply understand the business domain and build. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive at the intersection of customer empathy and technical execution, and who want to work on cutting-edge AI agents transforming a $1.5 trillion industry that hasn't seen real technology in 20 years. What You Will Do * Own end-to-end implementation of enterprise customer engagements, from requirements gathering to deployed solution * Build and ship AI agents and automations on Client's platform, deepening adoption within our largest strategic accounts * Work directly with enterprise customers (post-sales) to understand business problems and scope technical solutions * Ship rapidly, expect to deliver working solutions within the same week as customer conversations * Integrate successful customer-specific work back into Client's core platform * Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate customer insights into scalable features ## Related Videos - [Do TypeScript without TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/327-do-typescript-without-typescript) - [Answering the Million Dollar Question: Why did I Break Production?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1171-answering-the-million-dollar-question-why-did-i-break-production) - [AI Agents & Agentic AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2017-ai-agents-agentic-ai) - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1825-the-software-engineer-2030-from-coder-to-ai-orchestrator-patrick-schnell) - [The Art and Craft of Type Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/81-the-art-and-craft-of-type-development) - [Hiring AI Native Talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100268-hiring-ai-native-talents) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)