Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer
- Location
- San Francisco
- Workplace
- On-site
- Compensation
- $200k – $275k + equity
About this role
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 1-5 years of experience to serve as the technical bridge between frontier AI labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Google) and our internal platform team. You'll sit in weekly meetings with researchers at the world's top labs, translate their requirements into RL training environments, and ship software that directly drives multi-million dollar projects at a YC-backed company that's grown from $0 to $42M ARR in under 8 months.
What will you be doing?
Sitting in customer meetings with researchers at frontier AI labs to understand their RL environment requirements and translate them into technical specs
Building 0→1 prototypes and custom environments/tooling for specific customer engagements before they become platform features
Working in pods with Strategic Project Leads (SPLs) — owning the technical quality, engineering, and productionization of project requirements
Enforcing quality standards for RL tasks and ensuring training environments meet the bar for frontier model improvement
Unblocking delivery through integration work, technical debugging, and making design choices for custom projects without breaking the core platform
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
We are a fast-moving, small team of 6.
We have a brand-new office located in Dogpatch, San Francisco.
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