CareerPlan

Sr. Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Santa Clara, CaliforniaFull-time2026-07-22 → 2026-10-22

Core

Build, evaluate, and deploy production-ready AI systems (LLMs, agents, automation) to solve complex engineering challenges for enterprise customers.

Role type

Senior Forward Deployed AI Research Engineer

Builds

Production-grade AI applications, LLM agents, and engineering automation solutions

Domain

Enterprise AI, Large Language Models, Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, C++/Rust/C/TypeScript/CUDA/HIP, LLM post-training, Reinforcement Learning (RLHF/PPO/DPO/GRPO), Preference Optimization, Reward Modeling, Transformer architectures, Evaluation frameworks, Systems debugging

Preferred skills

PyTorch/Hugging Face/JAX/TensorFlow/Ray/vLLM, AI agents/workflow orchestration, GPU optimization, High-performance computing, Forward-deployed engineering experience

Technologies

LLMs, Reinforcement Learning, PyTorch, Hugging Face, JAX, TensorFlow, Ray, vLLM, CUDA

Responsibilities

Partner with customer engineering teams to define AI-driven automation; Design and deploy production-grade AI applications and LLM agents; Develop evaluation frameworks and data pipelines; Build and evaluate LLM post-training solutions; Diagnose and optimize AI system performance; Collaborate with researchers to validate models in production; Present technical solutions to stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC