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LiberateProduction engineering

Staff AI Agent Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Staff-level hands-on engineer owning end-to-end deployment of reasoning AI agents for insurance workflows.

Pay range unavailable

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

Deep Learning Solution Architect

Multiple US offices

NVIDIA seeks a Solution Architect to design and optimize production-grade generative AI solutions for enterprise customers, focusing on LLM training, RAG workflows, and agentic inference.

Pay range unavailable

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LiberateProduction engineering

Staff AI Agent Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CAHybrid

Staff-level engineer owning end-to-end deployment of reasoning AI agents for insurance workflows.

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DeepgramProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Engineer, Federal

Washington, DCRemote

Senior Solutions Engineer / Applied Engineer responsible for the full technical lifecycle of Deepgram Voice AI deployments for strategic federal accounts, from discovery and proof-of-concept through production and optimization.

$180,000–$245,000

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Cognition AIProduction engineering

Devops Engineer, Federal

Washington, DCHybrid

Foundational DevOps engineer for Cognition's newly formed federal group, owning end-to-end lifecycle of mission-critical federal enterprise deployments.

Pay range unavailable

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Obin AIProduction engineering

Agentic AI Engineer

New York, NY

Build and scale production LLM-powered agents that automate complex credit workflows for regulated financial institutions.

$150,000–$180,000

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Headstart AIProduction engineering

Staff, Applied AI Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Staff-level AI engineer to lead multiple client engagements end-to-end at a bootstrapped consultancy that ships production AI systems inside $100M+ ARR enterprises.

$265,000–$265,000

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FactoryProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Deployed

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Software Engineer, Deployed leads end-to-end implementation of Factory’s AI platform in customer engineering environments, reporting directly to the CEO and serving as the primary technical lead for high-impact engagements.

Pay range unavailable

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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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Blank MetalProduction engineering

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Minneapolis, MNHybrid

Senior full-stack engineer at an AI-native professional services firm, building production AI systems for enterprise clients.

Pay range unavailable

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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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Cognition AIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Applied AI Engineer responsible for deploying Cognition’s Devin across enterprise engineering organizations, embedding with teams to implement agentic workflows, drive adoption, and quantify productivity impact.

$180,000–$225,000

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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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Fireworks AIProduction engineering

Applied Machine Learning Engineer

San Mateo, CAHybrid

This hands-on Applied Machine Learning Engineer role bridges AI research and customer-facing application delivery, covering model development, fine-tuning, deployment, and platform engineering.

$170,000–$240,000

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NominalProduction engineering

Software Engineer - Mission Dev

New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · +1 more

Software Engineer on Nominal’s Mission Dev team, embedding with customers to solve ambiguous, mission-critical data challenges across hardware testing and operations.

$130,000–$230,000

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AccentureImplementation & delivery

AI Architect - FDE Associate Director

New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +40 more

Leads enterprise-grade Agentic AI architecture across public, private, and sovereign clouds, from client strategy and reference architecture through production deployment.

$62,800–$218,800

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Morgan StanleyInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Engineer - Vice President

New York, NY

Forward Deployed Engineer on Morgan Stanley’s Research Technology team, expanding AI initiatives and building scalable, resilient search and content-distribution systems for the Research department.

$155,000–$215,000

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SailPointTechnical pre-sales

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

US · city not listed

Senior Forward Deployed Engineers bridge solution engineering, professional services, product management, and sales to deliver foundational implementations and proof-of-value engagements for SailPoint’s largest and most complex enterprise accounts.

$126,200–$212,754

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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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PositronInternal deployment & tooling

AI Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead

USRemote

Lead engineer on the Director's staff for the Accelerator Platform Software (APS) team, owning AI-assisted development across firmware, runtime, performance, and simulation sub-teams.

$325,000–$400,000

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The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Engineer, Client Solutions Group

New York, NY · Washington, DCHybrid

Senior forward deployed engineer embedding with Client Solutions Group, Finance, and Fund Management across GPE, Credit, and AlpInvest to identify and ship AI/automation opportunities in Global Wealth operational processes (NAV reporting, fee models, financial reporting).

$160,000–$190,000

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MongoDBDeployment team leadership

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NYHybrid

Lead Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) are the most senior technical leaders in the FDE organization, owning the overall technical strategy for the domain and setting direction across multiple concurrent engagements.

$137,000–$270,000

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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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MicrosoftImplementation & delivery

Senior Software Engineer - Windows Solutions FDE

US · city not listed

This is a forward-deployed engineering role within Microsoft's Windows Commercial Acceleration Engine (WCAE), working hands-on with strategic enterprise customers to diagnose and resolve complex Windows deployment, management, and security issues.

$119,800–$261,000

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The Carlyle GroupInternal deployment & tooling

Forward Deployed Product Engineer

Washington, DCHybrid

Senior hands-on engineering leader (VP-level) embedded with Carlyle's Global Private Equity deal teams and fund management, owning end-to-end delivery of business-critical applications and applied-AI capabilities.

$210,000–$220,000

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Expedia GroupInternal deployment & tooling

Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Seattle, WA · San Jose, CA

Principal-level forward-deployed AI engineer embedded within Expedia Group's business units to identify high-value AI opportunities, translate ambiguous business problems into measurable outcomes, and own the full lifecycle from prototyping to production and adoption.

$231,000–$398,500

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BroadcomImplementation & delivery

Forward Deployed Engineer (Staff)

Charlotte, NCRemote

Staff-level Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with enterprise clients to drive Kubernetes platform modernization, migration of stateful workloads, and AI infrastructure adoption on VMware's VKS.

$110,800–$177,300

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