Senior Software Engineer
Summary
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at an AI startup in Tribeca, NYC (5 days onsite) that builds autonomous revenue teams using AI agents. Owns end-to-end customer deployments: building production data pipelines with SQL, Python, and dbt, and deploying LLM-powered AI agent workflows.
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | NYC
Apply promptly! A high volume of applicants is expected for the role as detailed below, do not wait to send your CV.
I’m working with an exciting AI startup that is building autonomous revenue teams using AI agents, and they’re looking for their first Founding Forward Deployed Engineer.
This is a highly hands-on role where you’ll own customer deployments end-to-end, working directly with customer data and helping turn complex business requirements into working AI solutions.
What you’ll be doing:
• Own end-to-end customer deployments, from data access and schema mapping through to proving value
• Work closely with customers and stakeholders to understand their data and business requirements
• Build and deploy production data pipelines and systems
• Work extensively with SQL, data warehouses and dbt
• Help deploy and customise AI agents and LLM-powered workflows
• Contribute to the development of the wider platform and deployment processes
• Troubleshoot messy, undocumented data environments and turn them into actionable insights
What they’re looking for:
• 2–5 years’ experience in FDE, Data Science, Solutions Engineering, Customer Engineering or a similar technical role
• Strong SQL and data warehouse experience
• Solid Python and applied data science fundamentals
• Experience working with production systems and/or data pipelines
• Customer-facing experience and the ability to manage technical conversations with stakeholders
• AI-native mindset, with hands-on experience using AI coding tools and/or building agent-driven workflows
• Comfortable working with complex, xavwley messy data and doing detailed data validation
Tech stack includes:
SQL | Python | dbt | Data Warehousing | LLMs | AI Agents | Eval Frameworks
Tribeca, New York City – 5 days onsite
$180K–$250K base + competitive equity
Relocation support available
Full-time | Founding team
Open to visa transfers, including OPT and H1B transfers
If you’re interested in getting in early at an AI company and having a direct impact on customer deployments and the product itself, get in touch.