AI Field Engineer - AI Natives
Core
Embed with AI-native customers to build production POCs, MVPs, and inference deployments for GenAI core products.
Role type
Senior IC AI Field Engineer (AI Natives)
Builds
Production POCs, MVPs, inference foundations, and fine-tuning pipelines for GenAI workloads
Domain
Enterprise AI / Generative AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Kubernetes, LLM inference, model fine-tuning (SFT/DPO/RFT), cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), GPU deployment, agentic systems integration
Preferred skills
vLLM/SGLang/TensorRT-LLM tuning, prior experience at Palantir/Scale AI/Anthropic/OpenAI, technical founder background, hyperscaler AI platform experience
Technologies
vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Build end-to-end POCs and MVPs inside customer codebases; architect inference foundations and size deployments for scaling; run load tests and tune latency/throughput/cost; guide model selection and fine-tuning strategies; lead discovery conversations and own technical relationships from engagement to production; spend time on-site embedding with customer engineering teams; translate customer pain points into product roadmap improvements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC