Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
$180K–$220K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 19, 2026
- Experience
- 4 to 7 years as a customer-facing software engineer or forward deployed engineer.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa transfer support is available.
About the job
Own customer AI-agent implementations, balancing backend engineering with customer-facing work from project architecture through production deployment.
What you'll do
- Scope and deliver customer projects from architecture through production deployment.
- Build backend agent systems in Python and translate operational requirements into reliable automated workflows.
- Deploy and maintain solutions on a major cloud platform and guide enterprise stakeholders through implementation and technical tradeoffs.
What they ask for
- Strong Python and production backend application experience.
- Experience shipping AI or LLM-based applications into business environments.
- Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field; ability to own projects end to end and communicate clearly with non-technical clients.
Nice to have
- A mix of startup and larger enterprise engineering experience.
Pay
USD 180,000 to 220,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
AI focus
Build and deploy customer AI-agent systems and AI or LLM-based applications into business environments.
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