Istari DigitalProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
Dayton, OHOn-site
Embedded engineer who deploys Istari's decentralized digital engineering platform inside aerospace and defense customer organizations.
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Lila SciencesProduction engineering
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)
Cambridge, MA
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with internal and external materials science teams to rapidly build and deploy customer-specific scientific software on Lila's platform.
$192,000–$256,000
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Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
Data Scientist (Forward Deployed)
USRemote
Forward Deployed Data Scientist role at a series-A enterprise AI startup building a large tabular model.
Pay range unavailable
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IsidorProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with frontier AI labs and enterprise to design and ship data pipelines, tools, and automations for critical model training and evaluation workflows.
Pay range unavailable
View job →Istari DigitalProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
Huntsville, ALOn-site
Istari Digital seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed directly with aerospace and defense customers, architecting and building integrations that connect CAD, CFD, FEM, and simulation pipelines to Istari's decentralized platform.
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webAIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Austin, TX · Washington, DCHybrid
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer for webAI's Public Sector team, building and optimizing production AI systems for secure, distributed, and edge environments.
Pay range unavailable
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GovWellProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
Forward Deployed Software Engineer embedded in complex municipal enterprise deals, owning technical blockers, legacy migrations, and customer deployments from feasibility through launch.
$200,000–$300,000
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Latent LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
San Francisco, CAHybrid
This role bridges Latent Labs' frontier generative biology models with pharma/biotech customers, owning the full deployment lifecycle from technical scoping to production-grade delivery.
Pay range unavailable
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ValthosProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
Valthos is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed directly with national security agencies, national laboratories, and pharmaceutical companies, deploying their biological AI platform.
Pay range unavailable
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Bretton AIProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for deploying and integrating AI agents for banks, fintechs, and payments companies in complex regulated environments.
$150,000–$200,000
View job →Northslope TechnologiesProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
Northslope is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to embed with customers, build production AI applications on enterprise data, and drive measurable business outcomes.
Pay range unavailable
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Nectar SocialProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
Palo Alto, CAHybrid
The Forward Deployed Engineer owns end-to-end technical deployments and optimization for strategic enterprise customers, acting as the technical bridge between Nectar's platform and complex customer environments.
$160,000–$270,000
View job →Fundamental Research LabsProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Build and deploy production-grade full-stack applications that integrate Fundamental’s NEXUS large tabular model into complex enterprise environments.
Pay range unavailable
View job →Sema4.aiProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Agent Engineer
Atlanta, GAHybrid
Forward Deployed Engineer role at an enterprise AI agent platform startup.
Pay range unavailable
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
Northslope is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to build mission-specific AI applications on Palantir AIP, embedded with customers to solve critical business problems.
Pay range unavailable
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AuctorProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineers own end-to-end engineering projects for strategic customers, building custom integrations, enterprise workflows, and agentic systems across the stack.
$175,000–$290,000
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HealthLeapProduction engineering
Forward Deployed / Solutions Engineer
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Own the backend systems and hospital integrations that move real-time patient data into HealthLeap’s clinical risk-scoring platform.
$200,000–$275,000
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sprucesystemsProduction engineering
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
USRemote
Principal-level forward deployed engineer leading technical strategy and delivery for state government digital identity deployments.
$200,000–$225,000
View job →AxiomProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NYRemote
Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for helping crypto and fintech customers adopt OpenVM and the Axiom Proving API, from product demos and pilots through technical integration and customization.
$125,000–$200,000
View job →PicogridProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
El Segundo, CA · Fort Bragg, NC
Forward Deployed Engineer works at the intersection of product, engineering, and military customers to design and deliver end-to-end capabilities for real missions.
$120,000–$200,000
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TitanProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer - Financial Services
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Own end-to-end deployments of Titan's AI platform for financial-services clients, spanning environment discovery, policy mapping, implementation, migration, and ongoing strategic engagement ownership.
$175,000–$250,000
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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
USRemote
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at SpruceID, a digital identity infrastructure company, working directly with state governments and public-sector partners to design, build, and deploy identity solutions.
$150,000–$175,000
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DryftProduction engineering
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer operating equally across product engineering and customer deployments, turning manufacturing-operations complexity into scalable product features.
Pay range unavailable
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PulseProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer working directly with strategic customers to deploy Pulse in secure VPC and on-prem environments, integrate with enterprise systems, and take solutions into production.
$140,000–$200,000
View job →Northslope TechnologiesProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, NYHybrid
Northslope is hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to build custom AI applications for enterprise customers, working directly with stakeholders to solve critical business problems.
$185,000–$275,000
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GigaProduction engineering
Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer serving as the technical interface and project leader for Giga’s San Francisco customer engagements.
$180,000–$400,000
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Retell AIProduction engineering
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Redwood City, CAOn-site
The Senior Forward Deployed Engineer delivers production voice AI systems for enterprise customers, leading projects from prototype through deployment and integrating Retell with customer tools.
$180,000–$300,000
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ChalkProduction engineering
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
Forward Deployed Engineer building bespoke feature pipelines and technical integrations for Chalk customers across healthcare, finance, and recommendation systems.
$170,000–$280,000
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LMArenaProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer
SF Bay AreaHybrid
Applied AI Engineer serving as the technical point of contact for 5–15 AI model lab relationships, integrating models, running evaluations, and delivering results.
$150,000–$250,000
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HavocAIProduction engineering
Field Software Engineer
USRemote
Field Software Engineer embedded with customers to deploy, integrate, and modify HavocAI's autonomous maritime systems during live demonstrations and operational missions.
$150,000–$175,000
View job →Retell AIProduction engineering
Customer Success Engineer (Contract)
USRemote
This Mandarin-speaking Customer Success Engineer will help enterprise customers deploy, integrate, troubleshoot, and scale AI voice agents in production on a long-term 1099 contract.
$6,000–$7,500/mo
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AmbralProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff (New Grad)
New York, NYOn-site
Build the replayable environment engine that reconstructs historical enterprise workflows, evaluates agent behavior, and supports continuous model improvement.
$140,000–$175,000
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FleetWorksProduction engineering
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Chicago, ILOn-site
Senior backend engineer for a Series-A AI voice-agent startup in freight logistics, embedded with customers in Chicago.
Pay range unavailable
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FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYOn-site
Staff engineers will build and own production systems powering an orchestrated voice-agent platform that handles millions of real-time customer contacts daily.
$200,000–$400,000
View job →Retell AIProduction engineering
Customer Success Engineer (Contract)
USRemote
Customer Success Engineer responsible for helping enterprise customers deploy, scale, and troubleshoot AI voice agents in production.
$6,000–$7,500/mo
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firecrawlProduction engineering
Implementation Specialist
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Implementation Specialist responsible for taking Firecrawl customers from signed contract through production deployment, adoption, and expansion.
$190,000–$265,000
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Liquid AIProduction engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Embedded ML Engineer (Audio/Omni)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
This role leads the day-to-day model development pipeline for a marquee automotive partner engagement, translating ambiguous feature requests into production-ready model checkpoints for an on-device audio-to-function-calling model.
Pay range unavailable
View job →FlipProduction engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Marina Del Rey, CA · Williamsburg, NYOn-site
Staff Software Engineer reporting to the CTO, building and operating an orchestrated voice-agent platform that handles millions of live contacts daily while expanding into chat.
$200,000–$400,000
View job →Retell AIProduction engineering
Applied AI Engineer (Customer Facing)
Redwood City, CAOn-site
Applied AI Engineers design and deploy production voice AI applications directly with enterprise customers, integrating APIs and SDKs while solving issues across telephony, infrastructure, latency, and AI behavior.
$180,000–$300,000
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UltralyticsProduction engineering
Solutions Engineer
New York, NYOn-site
Solutions Engineer responsible for turning complex computer vision problems into production systems built on YOLO, from technical discovery and architecture through proof-of-concepts, deployment, and customer outcomes.
Pay range unavailable
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