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AI Field Engineer - AI Natives

San Mateo💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-09 → 2026-09-25

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

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