Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

Trelent; Victoria; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Trelent seeks a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer to collaborate with customers and translate complex AI concepts into practical solutions.

Applicants should have 3+ years in AI-native development with NextJS and Python, plus hands-on infra experience with Kubernetes and Terraform. The role emphasizes customer empathy, technical communication, and rapid MVP-building on-site with clients.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in AI-native development and end-to-end tool building.
• 3+ years experience with NextJS and Python for full-stack tooling.
• 1+ years experience with Kubernetes and Terraform for infra.
• Strong technical communication and customer empathy.

Skills

Technical Communication

Customer Empathy

AI-native Development

Fullstack (NextJS + Python)

Infra (Kubernetes + Terraform)

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Location

Victoria, BC

Trelent needs a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

C$100k - $200k + 1% - 2% equity

Required Skills

• Technical Communication
  Excel at clearly articulating deeply technical topics.
• Customer Empathy
  Understand customer pain as if it were your own.
• AI-native DevelopmentSenior
  3+ yrs
  AI-native tools and workflow building.
• Fullstack (NextJS + Python)Mid
  3+ yrs
  Experience building full-stack tools using NextJS and Python.
• Nice to have Infra (Kubernetes + Terraform)Junior
  1+ yrs
  Scaling infrastructure with Kubernetes and Terraform.

What we value

The type of person who excels in this role is usually an aspirational founder. Someone who can empathize with customer problems, understand requirements from the customer, clearly communicate those to the rest of our team, yet also build out MVPs usable by the customer directly in a matter of days. You'll thrive as a self-motivated learner. We're not afraid to bet on talent early - you won't find us asking you for the school you went to or anything of the sort on the application. We get along with most folks fairly well, so our filter there is just that we can enjoy a beverage of choice together after work on occasion!

Travel

As a Forward-Deployed Engineer, a large portion of your time will be on-site with customers. We think the upper bound of this is around 50% of each month - though it will frequently be much less month to month. As an added bonus for taking on this role, we allow reimbursement of flights on a personal card so that you can collect points, earn status, and so on.