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FDE and deployment jobs at early-stage companies

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TitanProduction engineering

Solutions Architect

New York, NY · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Titan is seeking a Solutions Architect to own the technical design of client engagements for enterprise customers, bridging IT operations and the Titan AI platform.

Pay range unavailable

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Brain Co.Production engineering

AI Product Engineer

New York, NY

The AI Product Engineer builds and deploys end-to-end AI software for complex government and industrial workflows, working directly with customers from product specification through production operations.

Pay range unavailable

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AlterionProduction engineering

Forward Deployment Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Forward Deployment Engineer leading enterprise production deployments of Alterion, including integrations, policy configuration, troubleshooting, and rollout across customer environments.

Pay range unavailable

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SalientProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Product

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Software Engineer, Product responsible for owning end-to-end customer implementations of Salient’s Voice AI Agent solution and building customer-driven features into the core product.

$140,000–$200,000

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WindBorne SystemsProduction engineering

Lead Software Engineer - Gov Platforms

Redwood City, CARemote

WindBorne Systems is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own government implementations across multiple software platforms, acting as the technical bridge between core technology and government customers.

$150,000–$220,000

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Gallatin AIProduction engineering

Mission Operations Engineer

Austin, TXOn-site

Mission Operations Engineer on Gallatin's Field Engineering team, responsible for deploying the Navigator AI defense logistics platform across strategic public-sector accounts.

Pay range unavailable

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SitrepsProduction engineering

Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts

Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PARemote

Forward-deployed data science role building and deploying scalable AI and agentic systems for complex defense acquisition and national security problems.

$140,000–$175,000

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EudiaProduction engineering

Member of Technical Staff

Palo Alto, CA

This role is a customer-facing AI/ML engineering position responsible for deploying, integrating, and optimizing secure, enterprise-grade solutions for Fortune 500 legal and risk teams.

$180,000–$210,000

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LMArenaProduction engineering

Product Solutions Engineer

SF Bay AreaHybrid

Product Solutions Engineer serving as the technical point of contact for 5–15 AI model lab relationships, integrating models, running evaluations, and delivering results across customer workflows.

$150,000–$250,000

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Latent LabsProduction engineering

Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI

San Francisco, CAHybrid

This role bridges frontier generative models and pharma/biotech customers, requiring deep ML expertise to deploy, adapt, and optimise models in production environments.

Pay range unavailable

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ModusProduction engineering

Member of Technical Staff

New York, NYOn-site

Build and deploy production-grade AI agents that automate end-to-end financial audit workflows for early accounting-firm customers.

$150,000–$350,000

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CartesiaProduction engineering

Enterprise Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

The Enterprise Engineer builds and owns production-grade infrastructure for agentic voice AI deployments in demanding enterprise environments, including customer-managed and on-premises systems.

$180,000–$250,000

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sprucesystemsProduction engineering

Full-Stack Software Engineer – Remote

USRemote

Senior full-stack engineer on a fully remote, forward-deployed team building and deploying identity solutions directly with state governments, public-sector partners, and enterprise clients.

$120,000–$200,000

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NODA AIProduction engineering

Senior Solution Engineer / Solution Architect

Austin, TX · Washington, DCHybrid

Senior full-stack engineer responsible for end-to-end URZA deployments and customer-facing technical delivery across defense and military operating environments.

Pay range unavailable

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Applied ComputeProduction engineering

Applied Research Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Applied Research Engineers own enterprise customer engagements end-to-end, from understanding proprietary data and workflows through training, deploying, and improving AI agents.

$200,000–$320,000

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Eloquent AIProduction engineering

AI Engineer, Agent

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Build, deploy, and optimize enterprise-grade AI agents for high-stakes financial workflows at a seed-stage startup.

Pay range unavailable

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Brain Co.Production engineering

Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI

San Francisco, CAHybrid

Build and own applied ML systems end-to-end, taking ambiguous institutional problems from data and evaluation design through reliable production deployment.

Pay range unavailable

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Thread AIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer

New York, NYOn-site

Build and deploy end-to-end AI workflows for enterprise customers at an AI-native orchestration startup.

$145,000–$200,000

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UncountableProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Implementations

New York, NY · San Francisco, CARemote

Build production-grade integrations between Uncountable's platform and the instruments, systems, and data workflows used by enterprise R&D labs.

$90,000–$110,000

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Brain Co.Production engineering

AI Product Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

This AI Product Engineer role involves building and deploying AI-powered software solutions for governments and large enterprises, working directly with customers to develop product specs from scratch.

Pay range unavailable

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ChalkDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Strategist

New York, NYOn-site

Own the technical direction of Chalk integrations across customer accounts, from architectural discovery and migration planning through POCs, production design, and ongoing technical coherence.

$180,000–$250,000

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AntithesisImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer at Antithesis, embedding with customers to get their systems running on the deterministic-simulation testing platform, then feeding insights back into product development.

SG$150,000–SG$225,000

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SitrepsDeployment strategy

Senior Forward Deployed Strategist, Public Sector

Washington, DC · San Francisco, CAOn-site

Senior Forward Deployed Strategist for a venture-backed AI security company, helping public sector customers operationalize AI evaluation, guardrail, and agent governance platforms in mission-critical environments.

$147,000–$185,000

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GreptileTechnical pre-sales

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Engineer partnering with sales and customers to tailor Greptile across complex software stacks, lead technical pilots, and unblock security and procurement.

$140,000–$220,000

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ChalkDeployment strategy

Forward Deployed Strategist

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Forward Deployed Strategist owns the technical direction of Chalk's customer integrations, working alongside sales, delivery, and support to advise on architecture, design solutions on Chalk, and scope POCs.

$180,000–$250,000

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