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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $165,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures, Python (Programming Language), Rapid Prototyping Process, Systems Integration, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Agentic-AI, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/186c8ffb-b564-4cf1-8e15-63936581155b/forward-deployed-engineer-fde

## About the Role

* You have shipped production software in a fast-moving environment, such as a venture-backed startup, a founding engineering role, or a high-growth public tech company
 * You have solid computer science foundations across data structures, algorithms, and system design
 * You communicate clearly and confidently, and can explain technical work to customers and non-technical audiences
 * You bring roughly 1 to 5 years in a hands-on technical role working in Python, ideally with some customer exposure
 * You hold a degree in a STEM discipline
 * You write strong, production-quality Python
 * You have practical familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, and agent-based AI systems
 * You can work from the San Francisco office five days a week

Nice to Haves

 * A degree from a top-ranked program in your field

## Description

We are looking for a hands-on engineer who enjoys sitting at the intersection of code and customers. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will take our client's AI systems into production at major enterprise accounts, owning each deployment from first scoping conversation to go-live. You will be among the first engineers in this function, so you will help shape how it runs as the team grows.

What you'll be doing

 * Leading customer deployments of multimodal, agent-based AI systems from scoping through launch, as the main technical contact for senior stakeholders
 * Building trusted relationships with customer leadership, understanding their priorities, and helping them expand their use of AI
 * Designing and refining AI agents, including prompt engineering, model integration, and rapid prototyping with AI-assisted coding tools
 * Scoping and building new features that help customers scale and improve outcomes
 * Working directly with customer engineering teams to integrate the platform into their systems and APIs
 * Partnering with the core platform team to deliver smoothly and turn field insights into product improvements
 * Documenting what works in internal playbooks so the function can scale