Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
- Location
- San Francisco
- Workplace
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Compensation
- $180k – $250k + equity
- Visa
- H-1B Transfer Only
About this role
We are looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer with 2-6 years of experience to own Bronco's deployments at some of the largest chip companies in the world. You're a highly technical, high-ownership engineer (think early Palantir FDE, founding engineer, or past founder) who can debug a complex AI agent platform live over a Zoom call inside strict on-prem, air-gapped customer environments. No chip background required: this is your way into semiconductors without a PhD in chip design.
What will you be doing?
- Own 1-2 large enterprise chip customer engagements end to end (3-6+ months each), from eval through deployment and expansion
- Debug Bronco (Python backend, React frontend, AI agents) in real time on customer screens, across Linux, containers, networking and filesystems
- Drive adoption by running trainings, tracking and documenting issues, and closing the loop when fixes ship
- Contribute to the core product when there's no customer fire, and feed field learnings back into the roadmap
- Travel occasionally to customers in the South Bay, Texas, and possibly Asia
Key Requirements
- Proven track record owning technical customer engagements or deployments end to end (FDE, founding engineer, or past founder)
- Deep Linux/Unix and systems expertise: hands-on container setup (Podman/Docker), networking, ports, NFS, symlinks, permissions
- Strong Python coding and the ability to quickly internalize and debug a large codebase
- Degree in CS, EE, ECE, or a related engineering field from a strong engineering school
- Able to work on-site 5 days a week in San Francisco
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Culture & values
Team works in person, five days a week at San Francisco office
Small, highly technical team of about 9 people
Mixed backgrounds with some former silicon engineers and strong generalists
High ownership culture where engineers own deployments and engineering processes
Engineers own customer engagements from start to finish
Fast-moving team dynamic
Senior hires work with and guide junior engineers
Senior hires help set engineering priorities and architecture
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