Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering)
Core
Embed with customer engineering teams to design low-latency topologies and build custom plugins for shipping secure enterprise AI workloads to production.
Role type
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Engineering)
Builds
Custom middleware/plugins, automated deployment modules, and SDK wrappers for AI Gateway integration.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Enterprise AI, Multi-cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Python, Go, TypeScript, C++, gRPC, REST, WebSockets, Envoy, Kong, LLM orchestration, prompt security, token optimization, model routing, vector databases, RAG architectures, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm, AWS/GCP/Azure, OIDC, OAuth2, zero-trust networking
Preferred skills
Pair-programming with customer devs, debugging live outages, end-to-end problem ownership, enterprise architecture design, API integration debugging, code review, product roadmap influence
Technologies
Python, Go, TypeScript, C++, gRPC, REST, WebSockets, Envoy, Kong, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Write production-grade code to integrate AI Gateway with microservices and API meshes; Build custom middleware/plugins for identity-aware policies and telemetry pipelines; Develop automated deployment modules and SDK wrappers; Optimize high-throughput, low-latency traffic paths; Lead Architectural Design Reviews with customer Principal Engineers and CISOs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
