AI Systems Engineer — Frontline Deployments & Backend

Ikuto; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Ikuto in San Francisco is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge backend software engineering with client-facing solution architecture. You will own zero-to-one deployments, build production-grade Python pipelines, and deploy them into enterprise client systems.

Reporting to the CTO, you will collaborate with enterprise engineering teams to design integrations, ensure system reliability at scale, and feed deployment learnings back into the core platform to improve future deployments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience with backend focus.
• Hands-on Python production code experience.
• Experience shipping AI applications with LLMs, RAG, tool-calling agents.
• Strong communication skills for client-facing work.
• Understanding of security/compliance in large enterprises.

Responsibilities

• Develop production-grade Python backend systems and agent pipelines.
• Engage enterprise clients to scope and implement integrations.
• Bridge deployment challenges back to core platform for scalability.
• Maintain and optimize reliability and uptime of deployed solutions.

Skills

Backend SWE

Python

LLM/AI apps

Client engagement

System design

Job description

Ikuto in San Francisco is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge backend software engineering with client-facing solution architecture. You will own zero-to-one deployments, build production-grade Python pipelines, and deploy them into enterprise client systems.

Reporting to the CTO, you will collaborate with enterprise engineering teams to design integrations, ensure system reliability at scale, and feed deployment learnings back into the core platform to improve future deployments.