Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
$175K–$350K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 25, 2026
- Experience
- One to four years of relevant experience.
About the job
Works with client teams to design, build, test, deploy, and monitor production software automations, while turning recurring needs into reusable capabilities.
What you'll do
- Map client processes and define automation scope, success criteria, data access, and constraints.
- Test automations, deploy them in client environments, monitor performance, and resolve production failures.
- Develop reusable capabilities with platform engineers and support follow-on opportunities and business development.
What they ask for
- Proficient programmer with a record of delivering live software.
- Background as a forward deployed engineer at an AI company, or in a technical role at an organization that uses that role.
- Ability to learn unfamiliar business processes, plan technically, and validate software whose results are difficult to check.
- Clear customer communicator, comfortable independently running meetings and working with evolving requirements.
Nice to have
- Hands-on exposure to autonomous AI tooling, linking enterprise software systems, or automating operational workflows.
Pay
USD 175,000 to 350,000 per year (base salary)
AI focus
Builds and deploys software automations; the posting also mentions autonomous AI tooling as a preferred area of exposure.
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