Forward Deployed Software Engineer
AI summary of the role
Embed directly with high-stakes enterprise customers (healthcare, tech, robotics) to deliver critical outcomes and improve the core AI agent platform.
What you’ll do
- Embed directly with organizations in healthcare, tech, robotics, etc. to deliver critical outcomes
- Work independently or in small teams owning end-to-end execution of high stakes projects
- Iterate on approaches and code with leaders and end users to solve real-world problems
- Think critically, creatively, and empathetically about what will help users and improve the product long term
What you’ll bring
- Technical, curious, analytical, and able to come up with the right product for users' problems
- People person who loves working with leaders and end users alike
- Embraces real world complexity, messiness and ambiguity
- Believes technology is a tool to build, not an end unto itself
Technologies
AI agents · MCP servers · Python · TypeScript · Palantir · enterprise AI · action building · permission mirroring
About Credal.ai
Enterprise AI control plane for building, governing, and deploying secure agents and MCP servers across company data and tools with permission mirroring, auditability, and approvals.
Series A · 10–50 people
Source and classification
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About us Our mission at Credal is to harness frontier AI for everyone building a better future. We accelerate the most complex, sophisticated operations of the most impactful institutions, while weaving security and governance into every part of our product. Our customers include the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, MongoDB, Comcast NBC Universal, Lattice, Wise (Transferwise), Checkr, and incident.io among others. We’ve raised over $10m to date with a ton of runway. You’ll join a team of Thoughtful Doers™ from places like Palantir, Cruise, Meta, Uber, and Google. 📍 Credal is in-person in our spacious NYC office with meals provided. About the role Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) means embedding directly with organizations that rely on us, particularly those pursuing incredibly important missions in healthcare, tech, robotics, etc., to help them deliver critical outcomes
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About us Our mission at Credal is to harness frontier AI for everyone building a better future. We accelerate the most complex, sophisticated operations of the most impactful institutions, while weaving security and governance into every part of our product. Our customers include the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, MongoDB, Comcast NBC Universal, Lattice, Wise (Transferwise), Checkr, and incident.io among others. We’ve raised over $10m to date with a ton of runway. You’ll join a team of Thoughtful Doers™ from places like Palantir, Cruise, Meta, Uber, and Google. 📍 Credal is in-person in our spacious NYC office with meals provided. About the role Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) means embedding directly with organizations that rely on us, particularly those pursuing incredibly important missions in healthcare, tech, robotics, etc., to help them deliver critical outcomes and make our core product even better in the process. FDE responsibilities look similar to those of a small startup CTO: you’ll work independently or in small teams and own end-to-end execution of high stakes projects. By joining Credal as an FDE, you are leapfrogging your rate of learning and impact on the world. “Forward Deployed Engineering” was pioneered by Palantir: Credal’s founders and core team were top flight Palantir Forward Deployed Engineers and worked in some of the highest stakes e [... source excerpt omitted ...] stom AI workflows. Use cases span countless domains, including: KYC, anti-money laundering, healthcare regulation, climate standards setting, cybersecurity, sales, people, IT, and customer support. Cultural principles Team of 13 with 9 engineers. 7-figure ARR. >100% NRR. Product docs, case studies, blog, podcast
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