AI-Driven Forward-Deployed Engineer

Tenarai; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenarai in Palo Alto, CA seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer who acts as a founder, owning end-to-end projects from discovery to production. You’ll work directly with product and business teams, shipping AI-native solutions and building across the stack with autonomy and clarity.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, stakeholder alignment, and delivering high-impact software at pace, leveraging state-of-the-art AI tools to multiply output.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of shipping software experience.
• AI-native to the core in daily workflows.
• Fluent English communication.
• Ability to decompose vague problems into workstreams.
• Experience collaborating with product and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Own projects end-to-end and deliver production systems from scratch.
• Embed with stakeholders and translate needs into technical roadmaps.
• Leverage AI as a force multiplier to prototype and ship quickly.
• Build across frontend, backend, data, and AI features.
• Prototype to production and harden concepts into resilient systems.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to align on direction.

Skills

Shipping software

AI native workflow

Problem decomposition

Clear communication

High autonomy

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

Tenarai in Palo Alto, CA seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer who acts as a founder, owning end-to-end projects from discovery to production. You’ll work directly with product and business teams, shipping AI-native solutions and building across the stack with autonomy and clarity.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, stakeholder alignment, and delivering high-impact software at pace, leveraging state-of-the-art AI tools to multiply output.