Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
$180K–$250K
New York, New York · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 4 to 7 years as a software engineer or Forward Deployed Engineer.
- Visa sponsorship
- This role cannot sponsor visas.
About the job
Build and deploy agentic AI systems for government customers, spanning production engineering, integrations, infrastructure, live operations, and customer relationships.
What you'll do
- Build production features and extend agent capabilities; turn field requirements into product improvements.
- Deploy, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain agentic AI systems and infrastructure in government and defense environments.
- Own integrations and end-to-end deployments, including technical customer relationships and rapid field solutions.
What they ask for
- Strong engineering fundamentals and production Python fluency; comfort with Linux, shell scripting, integrations, infrastructure, and hands-on debugging.
- Experience owning an end-to-end deployment and doing technical work in an unstructured, customer-facing, or field environment.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
- Ability to work five days per week in the New York City office and travel periodically to federal customers.
Nice to have
- Active security clearance.
- Success in a high-bar engineering organization, ideally a venture-backed startup or leading defense-technology company.
Pay
$180,000 to $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Linux
AI focus
Build, extend, deploy, and operate agentic AI systems for intelligence, defense, and law-enforcement missions.
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