Forward Deployed Engineer San Francisco, CA 150K-225K

Location: San Francisco CA (in-person)

Compensation: $150000 - $225000 base plus top-quartile equity

Join a fast-growing AI-enabled insurance company as a Forward Deployed Engineer deploying multi-modal agentic AI systems into production with significant business impact for senior client stakeholders.

What Youll Own

- Individually deploy multi-modal agentic AI systems into production for senior client stakeholders

- Own client deployments end-to-end from scoping through go-live as the primary point of contact

- Build and manage client relationships becoming the trusted partner executives rely on to scale AI adoption

- Design build and evolve AI agents that deliver optimal outcomes through prompt engineering model integration and rapid prototyping with AI-assisted coding tools

- Scope and develop new features that help customers scale while consistently improving results

- Integrate the product into client environments working hands-on with their technical teams on APIs and systems

- Coordinate with the core platform team to ensure smooth delivery and feed actionable insights back into the product

What Youll Bring

- 2 years in a role combining technical depth with client-facing ownership such as agent engineering forward-deployed engineering growth engineering or founding engineer/founder experience

- A solid technical foundation comfortable with Python APIs cloud platforms and modern AI/ML tooling

- Familiarity with LLMs prompt engineering and agentic AI concepts with comfort using AI-assisted development workflows to ship fast

- Strong client-facing communication able to connect complex technical concepts to business outcomes

- A founder-mode operating style taking ownership of problems and moving fast

- Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for in-person work (full relocation support provided)

Nice to Have

- Prior forward-deployed engineering experience at a top AI company

- Agent engineering or growth engineering background

- Founding engineer or founder experience

- Backend engineering experience followed by solutions engineering experience

- Competitive technical pedigree such as ICPC or NeurIPS

This is a high-impact still-forming function at a fast-growing company with the chance to shape both the forward-deployed engineering practice and the product itself based on what you learn in the field.