> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Product Engineer, AI Enablement Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/80467aecc7af1594 Ultra posts a FDE role to build for teams inside the company in New York, NY, at $150,000–$225,000 base, level with the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Build and scale internal AI tools and workflows across engineering and company operations, partnering with teams throughout Ultra to identify practical opportunities and drive adoption. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Ultra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ultra) Posted Oct 26, 2026 by Ultra · open on Gem as of Nov 8, 2026 **$150,000–$225,000** + equity New York, NY On-site Full-time Build and scale internal AI tools and workflows across engineering and company operations, partnering with teams throughout Ultra to identify practical opportunities and drive adoption. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F80467aecc7af1594&placement=top) - [View posting at Ultra](https://jobs.gem.com/ultra/am9icG9zdDq9lo-OiGVMn9E6WLSeTy_g) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $150K–$225K Level with the median Midpoint $188K · median $190K This job $150K to $225K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds for teams inside the company Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: Internal teams - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **4+ years** production software experience *Preferred* Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 4+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in New York, NY. Could you work there? 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[What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Remote work restrictions**: In-person role in New York City. - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Pay**: ## More like this [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [AI Tooling Technical Solutions Consultant, GSRS Security Systems and Technology](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b06d4e026bdf987b) Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX · +5 more 2w ago $152,000–$221,000 [Yext](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/yext) ### [AI Transformation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f1bbbc92ca8b5b74) New York, NY New · 6d ago $142,500–$213,500 [Generation Next Fertility](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generation-next-fertility) ### [Lead Clinical Automation & AI Systems Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8b31c9940995d7b) New York, NY Hybrid 2w ago $150,000–$200,000 ## The job description from Ultra Posted by Ultra on Oct 26, 2026 ### About Ultra Ultra builds industrial AI robots that are working in the real world today. Our robots automate mission-critical warehouse labor end-to-end, starting with e-commerce order packaging. We deploy fast, learn from real production data, and iterate aggressively. We already have a quickly growing number of revenue-generating robots operating in U.S. warehouses, and are now scaling towards thousands of deployments over the next few years. Our mission is simple: build the world's most useful and deployable robot. **WARNING:** Robotics is not for the faint of heart. There are no silver bullets here. It is tiresome, unglamorous, and at times brutal work. The only way out is through, and the only way through is treacherous and unknown. **Success will require teamwork** - so we are building a world-class team to tackle some of the most exciting problems out there. We hope you join us. ### Overview Ultra is looking for a **Product Engineer, AI Enablement** to build and roll out the tools that help Ultra use AI effectively across the company. You'll work with engineering, operations, deployment, data, people, and other teams to understand how people work, find where AI creates real leverage, and turn that into reliable internal tools and workflows. You'll sit on the Software team next to infrastructure and developer productivity. Your users are your colleagues. Half the leverage is how we write and ship software — coding agents, review, testing, repo context, CI. Half is how the rest of the company gets work done — agents and automations people trust. Across both, you'll make the good path easy to reuse, so teams can build their own workflows without waiting on you for every request. This is a production software role. You will evaluate commercial tools, compose what works, build what doesn't exist, measure adoption, and kill what doesn't earn its keep. This is an in-person NYC role with direct line of sight to how Ultra builds and operates. ### Who You Are - You have strong software engineering fundamentals and you ship quickly — backend services, internal tools, integrations, automation, and interfaces (Python and/or TypeScript) - You've shipped agentic systems or LLM-powered tools that real people used, and you can explain where they fail - You're fluent with modern AI coding tools and you have strong opinions about how they should be used - You know when to build, when to buy, and when a conventional script beats an agent - You treat evaluations, permissions, secrets, and safe rollout as part of the product — not a follow-up - You like working with people who aren't engineers; you can turn an ambiguous workflow into something scoped and useful - You write clearly and you're comfortable driving adoption, not just writing code - 4+ years of production software is a reasonable bar; evidence you've shipped this kind of system matters more than the year count ### What You’ll Do - Own AI tooling adoption across Ultra: find where AI improves velocity, build or integrate the solution, teach people to use it, and drive adoption until it sticks - Build the internal AI stack: services, workflows, interfaces, model integrations, and the agent infrastructure behind them - Make agents competent and trustworthy in Ultra's codebase and systems — context, tool access, review, testing, CI — so the good path is the easy path - Partner with operations, deployment, data, and business teams on workflows that give them leverage, then hand off maintainable systems with clear owners - Build the reusable layer: connectors, shared context, templates, examples, and guardrails so other people can extend what you ship - Evaluate the AI tooling ecosystem and decide what Ultra should adopt, compose, or build - Partner with infrastructure and security so AI tools have useful access without becoming a liability - Measure adoption, productivity, and whether the tool is actually trusted; expand what works and kill what doesn't ### Bonus Points - You're a former startup founder - You’ve built self-improving, agentic systems in the past that eventually ran without you in the loop - You have a strong product sense and know all about UX in HIL systems - You've redesigned a business workflow and measured the gain, not just automated the existing mess ### Expected Compensation $150,000 - $225,000/annual salary + equity + benefits This compensation range may be inclusive of several career levels at Ultra and will be narrowed during the interview process based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. Adjustments outside of this range may be considered for candidates whose qualifications significantly differ from those outlined in the job description. ### Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. [View posting at Ultra](https://jobs.gem.com/ultra/am9icG9zdDq9lo-OiGVMn9E6WLSeTy_g) ## About Ultra Ultra builds Operator (OP1), a multi-purpose AI robot for repetitive warehouse work such as packing, sorting, and kitting, designed for rapid deployment without fixed infrastructure. 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