Forward Deployed Engineer - Tokyo
Core
Lead end-to-end production deployments of frontier AI models for strategic customers, bridging research breakthroughs with customer delivery.
Role type
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer-facing IC)
Builds
Full-stack production systems integrating LLMs and generative models for customer workflows
Domain
Generative AI / Large Language Models / Customer Delivery
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
System design, full-stack development (Python/JavaScript), LLM/generative model integration, customer stakeholder management, technical scoping, production rollout, trade-off analysis, code contribution, tooling/playbook creation
Preferred skills
Experience in ambiguous/fast-moving environments, simplifying complexity, risk assessment, decision-making under pressure
Technologies
Python, JavaScript, LLMs, generative models
Responsibilities
Own technical delivery from prototype to stable production, build full-stack systems for customer value, embed with customer teams to guide adoption, scope work and sequence delivery, make trade-offs to protect delivery, contribute code when necessary, codify working patterns into tools, share field feedback to improve models
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC