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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Recruiting from Scratch
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cursor, Python (Programming Language), TypeScript, Workflow Management Systems, Enterprise Software Applications, Claude Code, AI Coding Agents, Agentic-AI, Virtual Agents, Software Coding
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/forward-deployed-engineer-san-francisco-ca--98acedaf-b288-433d-800c-7a0b1c2435f2

## About the Role

Willing to Travel, Seed Funding, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Startup, Logistics, Healthcare, Finance, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Outsourcing, Automation, 2-5 years of experience in:

 * Forward Deployed Engineering
 * Solutions Engineering
 * Technical Deployment / Implementation
 * Technical Customer Success
 * Solution Architecture

Strong engineering fundamentals with hands-on coding experience

Experience owning technical customer relationships

Comfortable operating across technical implementation and customer-facing execution

Strong startup instincts and ability to move quickly in ambiguous environments

Able to independently drive projects from problem discovery to deployment

Strong written and verbal communication

Highly product-minded and customer empathetic

Preferred

Experience deploying AI systems or workflow automation products

Experience with applied AI, browser agents, workflow orchestration, or agentic systems

Python fluency

TypeScript familiarity

Pre-sales or pilot ownership experience

Experience at early-stage startups

Founder / ex-founder experience

Experience in enterprise software deployments

Comfortable using AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.)

Experience in operationally complex industries such as healthcare, logistics, payroll, or fintech

Strong evidence of intensity / excellence (startup founding, high-achievement extracurriculars, exceptional side projects)

## Description

Run technical discovery sessions with customer stakeholders to understand operational workflows

Translate ambiguous business processes into deployable AI agent solutions

Configure and deploy agents against live customer systems and datasets

Build lightweight integrations and implementation-layer tooling

Own pilot execution timelines, success criteria, and deployment milestones

Partner with customers through procurement, technical validation, and production rollout

Drive pricing conversations and help move technical evaluations into signed contracts

Surface structured product feedback from live deployments

Build reusable deployment frameworks and implementation playbooks

Collaborate directly with founders on product iteration and customer expansion strategy

Travel occasionally to customer sites for implementation and workflow discovery