Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Summary
Customer-facing forward-deployed engineer for an AI-driven insurance technology platform: gathers enterprise requirements, builds and ships AI agents and automations in Python/TypeScript, and turns successful customer solutions into core platform features. On-site in San Francisco, $180k-$300k base.
About the Role
This hands-on, customer-facing engineering role brings together AI, product, and implementation for an AI-driven insurance technology platform. You will work with enterprise customers to understand their workflows, build practical automations, and turn successful solutions into scalable platform capabilities.
What You'll Do
Own enterprise implementations from gathering requirements through deploying working solutions.
Build and ship AI agents and automations, often within the same week as customer discussions.
Work with post-sales customers to understand business problems and scope technical solutions.
Bring successful customer-specific work into the core platform.
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to turn customer insights into scalable features.
What We're Looking For
Three to six years of software engineering experience in forward deployed, solutions, implementation, or product engineering roles.
Production engineering experience, with a strong balance of hands-on coding and customer-facing scoping and requirements gathering.
Full-stack proficiency and experience shipping software features or automations for enterprise customers.
Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.
Experience at a venture-backed startup and comfort working in a fast-moving environment.
Strong customer communication, ownership, and ability to switch between customer conversations and focused coding.
Experience building or deploying AI, machine learning, or LLM-powered workflows in production is a plus.
Insurance or financial services experience is a plus, as is a strong technical education background.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $180,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California.
Skills
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