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# Forward Deployed Software Engineer

- **Company:** Recruiting from Scratch
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** AI Evaluation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Data Integration, Software Debugging, Machine Learning, Language Modeling, Operational Databases, Software Construction, Software Engineering, ReactJS, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, AI Coding Agents, Backend, Build Management, Information Technology, Data Management, Front End Software Development, Industrial Software, Data Pipelines, Automation Anywhere
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/forward-deployed-software-engineer-san-francisco-ca--420de3c8-e2c8-4dd7-b4dd-006dd04cfecc

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Software Engineering, Willing to Travel, Construction, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Government, Manufacturing, Data Management, Machine Learning, Modeling Languages, * 1-5 years of experience as a Software Engineer building production applications

 * Experience building customer-facing software products
 * Experience working in structured engineering environments such as FAANG, Epic Systems, or similar organizations
 * Demonstrated experience working on cross-functional, entrepreneurial, or zero-to-one initiatives
 * Experience owning technical projects from concept through deployment
 * Experience collaborating directly with customers or business stakeholders preferred
 * Startup experience strongly preferred
 * Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

Technical Requirements

 * Strong software engineering fundamentals
 * Strong React development experience
 * Experience building production backend services and APIs
 * Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration and production AI applications
 * Deep understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
 * Experience designing AI workflows using prompt engineering
 * Familiarity with production data pipelines and data integration
 * Comfortable contributing across frontend, backend, AI, and infrastructure systems
 * Strong debugging, testing, and software engineering best practices
 * Experience using AI coding tools and modern developer workflows, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field required
 * GPA above 3.5 strongly preferred (or strong explanation for lower GPA)
 * Strong computer science fundamentals required

Soft Skills

 * Strong product mindset
 * High ownership mentality
 * Excellent communication skills
 * Comfortable working directly with customers
 * Comfortable operating in ambiguity
 * Self-directed and proactive
 * Bias toward execution
 * Startup mentality
 * Low ego and highly collaborative
 * Entrepreneurial mindset

## Description

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you'll work directly with customers to design, build, and deploy AI-powered software tailored to their operational needs while collaborating closely with implementation, product, and engineering teams.

This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage AI company where every engineer directly shapes customer outcomes, product direction, and engineering culture while solving meaningful real-world problems across industries.

What You'll Do

 * Own customer deployments from technical discovery through production rollout
 * Design and build production-grade data pipelines integrating disparate customer systems
 * Build AI-powered workflows leveraging LLMs, RAG, and prompt engineering
 * Design scalable backend services supporting customer-specific applications
 * Develop modern React applications tailored to customer workflows
 * Build and optimize AI evaluation pipelines for production use cases
 * Design APIs and backend architecture supporting enterprise deployments
 * Work closely with customers to understand business requirements and rapidly prototype solutions
 * Apply machine learning and data science techniques to unstructured enterprise data
 * Monitor production systems, improve reliability, and resolve mission-critical issues
 * Partner closely with Implementation Leads to deliver successful customer outcomes
 * Own end-to-end technical delivery across the full software stack, * Epic Systems
 * Meta
 * Early-stage AI startups
 * Enterprise AI startups
 * Applied AI companies
 * Manufacturing software companies
 * Construction technology companies
 * Industrial software companies
 * Forward Deployed Engineering organizations
 * Product engineering teams
 * Engineers building AI-powered enterprise products