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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $285,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Computer Engineering, Python (Programming Language), TypeScript, Rust (Programming Language), ReactJS, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Large Language Models, Electronic Medical Records, Backend, Agentic-AI, Build Management, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4a23c04662d4ba87

## About the Role

* 1 to 6 years of professional engineering experience in full-stack or forward deployed roles (this isn't a new-grad opening)
 * A bachelor's or master's in computer science, computer engineering, or another STEM field
 * A clear standout signal in your background, such as a degree from a leading CS program, rapid promotion, an early or founding engineering role at a well-known company, or time on a highly selective team
 * Hands-on experience at a fast-growing, venture-backed startup or a company known for its forward deployed engineering model; for more senior candidates, a path from a large tech company into an early-stage or high-growth startup is ideal
 * Solid Python for backend work, plus working frontend skills in React and TypeScript
 * Comfort working directly with customers and owning deployments from discovery through production
 * A stable track record, with meaningful time spent in your recent roles
 * Able to work from the San Francisco office four days a week

Nice to Haves

 * Experience as an early employee at a venture-backed startup
 * Background in healthcare or health tech
 * Exposure to Rust and to infrastructure tooling like Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS

## Description

We're helping our client hire Forward Deployed Engineers who will sit between clinical teams and a production AI platform. You'll take rough ideas from physicians and hospital teams, shape them into real AI agents, ship them, and keep them working. This is an early, high-ownership seat on a fast-moving team.

What you'll be doing

 * Work directly with physicians, hospital IT, and clinical leads to understand how their workflows run and where they break
 * Turn loosely defined clinical needs into well-scoped, production-ready AI agents
 * Build and deploy agents end to end, including the evaluations that prove they work
 * Keep deployed use cases delivering value by iterating on agents as clinical guidance and operational feedback evolve
 * Own problems from report to fix, often closing the loop in days

Tech stack: Python, React, TypeScript, Rust, Kubernetes, AWS, FHIR, LLMs, AI agents, EHR integrations