Forward Deployed Engineer

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead hands-on implementation of software solutions for public sector customers, combining production coding with direct customer engagement and cross-team coordination. The role suits an early-career engineer who enjoys translating technical ideas for non-technical audiences.

What you'll do

- Serve as the primary implementation lead for government customers, onboarding their content into the platform.

- Manage configuration and service orchestration securely within a regulated government cloud environment.

- Build customer-requested features across front-end and backend, including UI changes, data tables and file handling.

- Host customer meetings and walk senior stakeholders through AI concepts in accessible terms.

- Balance your week across development work, customer engagement and internal coordination, with development taking the largest share.

- Travel to customer sites in the Washington, DC area, with travel costs covered.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 1 to 3 years of engineering experience.

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.

- Strong programming skills in Python and TypeScript, with comfort spending about half the time on focused coding.

- Experience shipping LLM or agent-based systems in production.

- Hands-on experience with a major cloud AI platform such as AWS, Azure or GCP.

- Experience deploying software in government or regulated environments.

- Clear communication and ease talking with customers.

- Ability to work on-site five days a week.

Bonus points

- Experience in a fast-paced, zero-to-one environment.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 130,000 to 170,000 per year

- Equity

- Relocation support

Location and work model

- Los Altos, CA, United States

- On-site, 5 days per week in office

- Full-time

- Travel to the DC area expected