Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT MITHRL

We imagine a world where new medicines reach patients in months not years and where scientific breakthroughs happen at the speed of thought.

Mithrl is building the worlds first commercially available AI Co-Scientist. It is a discovery engine that transforms messy biological data into insights in minutes. Scientists ask questions in natural language and Mithrl responds with real analysis novel targets hypotheses and patent-ready reports.

Our traction speaks for itself:

• 12X year-over-year revenue growth

• Trusted by leading biotechs and big pharma across three continents

• Driving real breakthroughs from target discovery to patient outcomes.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are hiring Forward Deployed Engineers to partner directly with our customers and help them deploy integrate and operationalize the Mithrl platform inside their private cloud environments. FDEs sit at the intersection of engineering customer success and solutions architecture. You will work hands-on with customer IT security data and R&D teams to set up secure cloud environments configure integrations troubleshoot technical challenges and ensure Mithrl becomes a seamless part of their discovery workflow.

This role requires strong software engineering fundamentals deep comfort with cloud infrastructure and excellent problem solving skills. You will work very closely with customer teams to design deployment architectures automate provisioning steps validate platform functionality in their environments and ensure that their scientific teams can begin using Mithrl without friction.

If you enjoy solving hard and novel problems in real customer environments working across cloud infrastructure and product engineering and being part of the customers journey from day one this role is an ideal match.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Deploy Mithrl into customer private clouds including AWS Azure or GCP

• Work directly with customer IT and security teams to configure networking IAM private subnets secure VPCs and data access patterns

• Build integrations between customer systems and Mithrl APIs for data ingestion or workflow automation

• Validate deployed environments through functional performance and scientific smoke tests

• Troubleshoot infrastructure deployment and connectivity issues in real customer environments

• Implement automation and internal tools that make deployments faster more reliable and more repeatable

• Serve as a technical advisor to customers during onboarding and through early product adoption

• Document deployment guidelines architecture templates and integration playbooks

• Collaborate with Mithrl platform engineering DevOps and ML teams to resolve issues and drive improvements

• Ensure that deployments meet customer security standards and internal best practices

WHAT YOU BRING

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience with cloud environments such as AWS Azure or GCP

• Experience configuring VPCs IAM networking private endpoints and secure infrastructure setups

• Software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python or a similar language

• Experience with container technologies and orchestrators such as Docker ECS EKS or Kubernetes

• Ability to diagnose and resolve issues involving networking storage compute and configuration

• Experience working directly with external stakeholders in highly technical environments

• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to adapt quickly in complex customer deployments

• Strong communication skills and ability to build trust with customer teams

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating ML or data heavy platforms into enterprise environments

• Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation

• Experience with secure data environments regulated R&D teams or biotech customers

• Familiarity with scientific computing or R&D workflow tools

• Experience writing internal tools automation scripts or lightweight backend services

WHAT YOU WILL LOVE AT MITHRL

• High ownership and impact: You will work directly with leading pharma and biotech organizations on real deployments. You will solve complex problems across cloud networking security and systems engineering. You will have enormous ownership over how Mithrl operates in customer environments

• Team: Join a tight-knit talent-dense team of engineers scientists and builders

• Culture: We value consistency clarity and hard work. We solve hard problems through focused daily execution

• Speed: We ship fast (2x/week) and improve continuously based on real user feedback

• Location: Beautiful SF office with a high-energy in-person culture

• Benefits: Comprehensive PPO health coverage through Anthem (medical dental and vision) 401(k) with top-tier plans

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if youre interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones were building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

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