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Forward Deployed Engineer
$150K–$200K
San Francisco, California · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in a customer-facing technical role.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Works with enterprise clients and internal teams to design, deliver, and improve GenAI data solutions, ensuring datasets meet quality and performance requirements.
What you'll do
- Translate client needs into scalable workflows, requirements, and annotation guidelines.
- Deliver datasets meeting acceptance and quality criteria; define validation and automation requirements.
- Partner with engineering on scalable, reproducible, observable pipelines and reusable quality frameworks.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role, such as solutions engineering, solutions architecture, technical consulting, or data operations.
- Experience with GenAI, machine learning, or model evaluation data, including LLM training, annotation, or evaluation workflows.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Ability to work directly with client engineering or machine learning teams.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in Python and SQL is a plus.
- Ability to vibe code.
Pay
USD 150,000–200,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
Python, SQL
AI focus
Designs and delivers data solutions for GenAI model development, including LLM training, annotation, evaluation, and data quality workflows.
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