Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
$150K–$210K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering; client-facing or embedded delivery exposure is ideal, not required. Candidates with exceptional technical depth or client-facing presence may develop the other side.
About the job
Leads hands-on enterprise client engagements, building and deploying software that automates workflows and turning recurring solutions into reusable components.
What you'll do
- Own client engagements, technical decisions, delivery plans, schedules and stakeholder communication.
- Build services, data pipelines, integrations and applications; connect enterprise systems and data sources.
- Guide deployments through launch and post-launch validation, troubleshooting and safeguards; develop reusable components from common patterns.
What they ask for
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering, including shipping and operating live systems.
- Production coding in Python or TypeScript, along with SQL.
- Experience integrating enterprise platforms and responsibility for architectural decisions in backend, data, infrastructure or applied AI work.
- Based in or willing to relocate to New York City or the San Francisco Bay Area; willing to travel for client work.
Nice to have
- Forward-deployed engineering or deployment strategy experience at a respected company in that space.
- Experience as a technical founder or founding engineer.
Pay
USD 150,000 to 210,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, TypeScript, SQL
AI focus
Connect enterprise systems and disorganized data so people and automated agents can use them; applied AI is among the relevant technical backgrounds.
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