Customer‑Facing AI Infrastructure Engineer

VAST Data; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

VAST Data is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic customer environments, owning the technical success from design to production operation. You will work with customer architects and operators to address scale challenges, and translate real-world requirements into core product improvements.

As the face of VAST Engineering on the ground, you will also develop custom API endpoints, automation tools, and scripts to unblock workflows, while advocating for the customer's

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a highly technical, engineering role with customer-facing collaboration.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills for distributed systems.
• Ability to translate real-world requirements into actionable technical improvements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customer teams to optimize infrastructure throughput and resolve issues.
• Design and deploy custom APIs and automation tools for customer workflows.
• Translate customer requirements into detailed technical specs for product teams.

Skills

Distributed Systems

High-Performance Networking

Linux Internals

Python

C/C++

Customer-facing collaboration

Problem solving

Learning mindset

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

VAST Data is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic customer environments, owning the technical success from design to production operation. You will work with customer architects and operators to address scale challenges, and translate real-world requirements into core product improvements.

As the face of VAST Engineering on the ground, you will also develop custom API endpoints, automation tools, and scripts to unblock workflows, while advocating for the customer's