Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Lead the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team to build and deliver high-quality datasets for enterprise AI initiatives, bridging data engineering, ML engineering, and customer engagement.
Role type
Senior leadership, hands-on IC
Builds
Expert Data-as-a-Service workflows, model-assisted labeling systems, and data generation pipelines for Frontier AI Labs and enterprises
Domain
AI/ML, Data Engineering, Data-as-a-Service
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Leading high-performing technical teams, customer-facing role management, LLM-based workflows, Python, SQL, data tooling (pandas, Plotly, Streamlit, Dash), player-coach capability
Preferred skills
Experience with data annotation workflows, internal tooling for data delivery orgs
Technologies
Python, SQL, pandas, Plotly, Streamlit, Dash
Responsibilities
Build and lead the FDE DaaS organization; design innovative ML approaches to enhance human-in-the-loop techniques; own systems for request intake, task orchestration, and SLA tracking; partner with customers to scope requirements for complex AI datasets; collaborate cross-functionally to productionize HITL data generation methods; drive continuous improvement of reusable workflows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC