AI Field Engineer - AI Natives
Core
Embed with AI-native customers to build production POCs, MVPs, and inference foundations for GenAI core products.
Role type
Senior IC AI Field Engineer (AI Natives)
Builds
End-to-end POCs, MVPs, and production inference deployments for GenAI-native companies
Domain
Generative AI infrastructure, LLM inference, and model serving
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Kubernetes, LLM inference trade-offs, model serving, fine-tuning workflows (SFT), cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), GPU deployment, agentic systems integration
Preferred skills
Inference serving frameworks (vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM), prior experience at forward-deployed engineering firms (Palantir, Scale AI, Anthropic), technical founder background, hyperscaler AI platforms (Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex)
Technologies
vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Build end-to-end POCs and MVPs inside customer codebases; architect inference foundations and size deployments; run load tests and tune deployments for latency/throughput/cost; guide customers on model selection and fine-tuning strategies; lead discovery conversations and own technical relationships from engagement to production; identify recurring pain points and feed product feedback to the roadmap
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with customer-facing responsibilities
