Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
$150K–$200K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 3 to 7 years as a product engineer delivering LLM-powered features to real users.
About the job
Deliver AI-powered, on-device product features for partners, translating their requests into software from concept through launch.
What you'll do
- Own partner features end to end, including prompt design, evaluation, mobile code, and launch documentation.
- Serve as the technical point person at partner sites and build demos with the partnerships team.
- Work with research and product engineering teams to translate model improvements and partner feedback into product outcomes.
What they ask for
- 3 to 7 years of experience as a product engineer delivering LLM-powered features to real users.
- Client-facing skills and ability to turn ambiguous partner requests into decisions on prompts, models, and user experience.
- Comfort with prompts, evaluations, and mobile code; willingness to learn on-device inference and mobile constraints.
- Ability to work on site and travel internationally to partners when needed.
Nice to have
- Solutions, field, or customer-embedded engineering experience with large technology partners.
- Experience with on-device, mobile, or edge development, or at a consumer AI company.
Pay
USD 150,000 to 200,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
LLM, prompts, evaluations, mobile code, on-device inference
AI focus
Build AI-powered capabilities that run on devices; design prompts and evaluations, and work with research colleagues to translate model improvements into partner-visible results.
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