Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise - Tavily
AI summary of the role
Builds and deploys Tavily API-powered AI systems for Tavily's largest enterprise customers.
What you’ll do
- Lead technical discovery and solution design in pre-sales and expansion.
- Build and deliver proofs of concept demonstrating business and technical value.
- Design production-ready integrations using Tavily API including RAG pipelines.
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years software engineering experience in customer-facing technical role.
- Strong hands-on ability with Python, APIs, backend systems, production software development.
- Experience building with LLMs, RAG, agent architectures, context engineering.
Technologies
Python · RAG · LLMs · LangChain · LlamaIndex · LangGraph · OpenAI Agents SDK · CrewAI · Pinecone · Weaviate · pgvector · Qdrant
About Nebius
Full-stack AI cloud infrastructure platform delivering GPU compute and software to hyperscalers and enterprises without requiring in-house AI/ML teams.
Public · 1000–2000 people
Source and classification
Production engineering · Evidence for this classification:
to high-quality, trustworthy web content. We work with some of the most innovative teams in AI — from startups shaping the ecosystem to enterprises deploying AI at scale. The Team Forward Deployed Engineering owns how Tavily shows up technically in the field. The team sits at the intersection of customers, Product, Engineering, Sales, Partnerships, and Customer Success. The Enterprise FDE motion focuses on Tavily’s highest-value customers and strategic enterprise opportunities — from technical discovery and solution design through proof of concept, production rollout, adoption, and expansion. The role This is a full-time, on-site role based in our New York office. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise, you’ll work directly with Tavily’s largest and most strategic customers to design, prototype, and deploy production-grade AI systems powered by Tavily’s API. You’ll own the
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About Nebius: Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure. Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI. Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D. About Tavily We're building the search engine for AI agents. Our API powers agentic applications and real-time reasoning by connecting LLMs to high-quality, trustworthy web content. We work with some of the most innovative teams in AI — from startups shaping the ecosystem to enterprises deploying AI at scale. The Team Forward Deployed Engineering owns how Tavily shows up technically in the field. The team sits at the intersection of customers, Product, Engineering, Sales, Partnerships, and Customer Success. The Enterprise FDE motion focuses on Tavily’s highest-value customers and strategic enterprise opportunities — from technical [... source excerpt omitted ...] he role This is a full-time, on-site role based in our New York office. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise, you’ll work directly with Tavily’s largest and most strategic customers to design, prototype, and deploy production-grade AI systems powered by Tavily’s API. You’ll own the technical relationship across the customer lifecycle, helping enterprise teams move from early use case exploration to deployed, scalable agentic applications. You’ll be deeply hands-on: building RAG pipelines, agent workflows, evaluation loops, reference architectures, and custom integrations alongside customer teams. You’ll also serve as a critical bridge between the field and our Product an [... source excerpt omitted ...] ap signal. Your responsibilities will include: Work directly with enterprise customers to understand their AI use cases, technical architecture, success criteria, and deployment requirements. Lead technical discovery and solution design during pre-sales and expansion conversations. Scope, build, and deliver proofs of concept that demonstrate clear business and technical value. Design and implement production-ready integrations using Tavily’s API, including RAG pipelines, agent workflows, internal tools, and industry-specific GenAI applications. Partner with customer engineering, data, product, and AI teams to move use cases from prototype to production. Monitor customer API us
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