Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Core
Embedded engineer who transforms ambiguous business problems into working, maintainable production AI systems for growth-stage companies.
Role type
Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Production ML & Agent Engineering)
Builds
Production AI systems, LLM agents, data pipelines, and robust testing/CI infrastructure for client teams.
Domain
Applied AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Production ML engineering, Agent engineering, CI/CD pipeline design, Evaluation & benchmarking design, Prompt tuning, System stability optimization
Preferred skills
Experience with transformer models, Startup environment adaptability, Hard science background
Technologies
LLM frameworks, CI/CD tools, Testing frameworks, Observability tools
Responsibilities
Design testing backbones and CI pipelines for rapid, reliable AI feature shipping; Develop evaluation benchmarks, model guardrails, and A/B tests; Tune prompts and shape model behavior for reliability; Improve system stability and performance across production environments.
Seniority
Mid-level, growth-oriented IC with mentorship from senior engineers