Forward Deployment Engineer
Core
Embed with enterprise customers to design, build, and deploy production GenAI applications on SambaNova's SN40L platform, acting as the primary voice of field reality to product and engineering teams.
Role type
Senior IC Forward Deployment Engineer (GenAI)
Builds
Production GenAI applications, LLM-powered workflows (RAG, multi-agent systems), and reference architectures for enterprise customers.
Domain
Generative AI, High-Performance Computing, Enterprise Software
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, agentic frameworks, prompt engineering, evaluation pipelines, model fine-tuning, inference optimization, quantization, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, MLOps
Preferred skills
CUDA, low-level GPU programming, VLLM, SGLang, AI accelerators, custom silicon experience
Technologies
SN40L, SambaStack, LangChain, LlamaIndex, DSPy, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Architect and implement LLM-powered workflows tailored to customer data and infrastructure; Optimize AI inference performance on SambaNova hardware; Troubleshoot and resolve production issues end-to-end across model, software, and hardware layers; Translate customer needs into clear product requirements and engineering feedback; Partner with Account Executives and Solutions Engineers to shape technical sales strategy; Develop reusable accelerators and reference architectures; Present technical findings and roadmap input at customer executive briefings and industry conferences.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
