Forward Deployed Engineer

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
175K-350K Annually
Junior
Professional Services • Consulting
The Role
Works directly with clients to map business processes, define automation requirements, build and test reliable software workflows, deploy solutions into production, monitor performance, and resolve failures. Partners with platform engineers to create reusable capabilities and supports expansion opportunities and business development. Requires strong programming, software validation, customer communication, and independent meeting skills, with experience in forward-deployed engineering or similar technical client-facing roles.
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About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Works directly with client teams to understand how their existing processes run, then designs, builds and deploys software automations that perform reliably in production. Combines hands-on engineering with testing, monitoring and close collaboration with colleagues who manage client relationships and program plans.

What you'll do

- Map existing business processes with stakeholders and define the scope, success criteria, data access and constraints for each automation.

- Build tests that show whether a workflow performs reliably on real data and edge cases, both before and after launch.

- Deploy automations into client environments, monitor how they perform and resolve production failures.

- Turn recurring client needs and deployment lessons into reusable capabilities with platform engineers.

- Use quieter periods between engagements to identify expansion opportunities, scope follow-on phases and support business development.


Requirements

What we're looking for

- Proficient programmer with a record of delivering live software, preferably from client-facing or advisory engineering work.

- Background as a forward deployed engineer at an AI company, or a technical position at an organization that uses that role.

- Learns unfamiliar business processes quickly and turns them into a concrete technical plan.

- Skilled at validating software whose results resist simple checking, and at deciding when work is safe to release.

- Clear communicator with technical and non-technical audiences, comfortable with customers while requirements are still taking shape.

- Personable, able to run customer meetings independently, with high personal agency and strong motivation by incentives.

- One to four years of relevant experience.

Bonus points

- Hands-on exposure to autonomous AI tooling, linking enterprise software systems together, or automating operational workflows.


Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 175,000 to 350,000 per year

- Equity

- Health, dental and vision coverage

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- On-site

- Full-time

Skills Required

  • Proficient programmer with experience delivering live software
  • Background as a forward deployed engineer at an AI company or equivalent technical role
  • Ability to learn unfamiliar business processes and translate them into technical plans
  • Ability to validate software with results that resist simple checking and determine release readiness
  • Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences
  • Ability to independently run customer meetings and collaborate with clients
  • One to four years of relevant experience
  • Hands-on exposure to autonomous AI tooling, enterprise software integrations, or operational workflow automation
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The Company
28 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.

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