Embedded AI Transformation Engineer

Enam, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Enam, Inc. is seeking Forward Deployed Engineers who embed with portfolio companies to transform legacy operations into AI‑native platforms. You will solve high‑stakes problems, ship production AI systems, and codify learnings into scalable playbooks for future acquisitions.

You will work directly with operators and end users, defining architecture, building data‑driven platforms, and pushing adoption through reliable, measurable outcomes across diverse domains.

Qualifications

• BSc. or MSc. in Computer Science or comparable degree.
• At least 5 years of hands‑on coding experience as a full‑stack or backend‑heavy engineer.
• Experience shipping production systems, not just prototypes.
• Hands‑on experience building with LLMs, including prompting, RAG, agents, or tool use.

Responsibilities

• Embed on‑site with newly acquired companies to deeply understand their business, workflows, and pain points.
• Sit with end users, including operators, managers, and frontline staff, to understand adoption blockers and build trust.
• Pick genuinely high‑stakes problems at the core of the business, not peripheral edge cases.
• Build highly scalable, data‑driven platforms that connect to legacy IT systems.
• Build AI‑powered applications leveraging cutting‑edge LLMs, including voice agents, workflow automation, and intelligent assistants.
• Define the software architecture and code the product, applying ML as a major differentiator.
• Implement eval‑driven development so AI systems are measured before they are considered done.
• Trust‑Building & Adoption: Drive adoption through demonstrated reliability.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Problem-solving

Communication

Teamwork

Ambiguity tolerance

Production systems

LLMs experience

Eval-driven development

End-user collaboration

Education

BSc or MSc in Computer Science

Tools

LLMs

RAG

APIs

Data pipelines

Job description

Enam, Inc. is seeking Forward Deployed Engineers who embed with portfolio companies to transform legacy operations into AI‑native platforms. You will solve high‑stakes problems, ship production AI systems, and codify learnings into scalable playbooks for future acquisitions.

You will work directly with operators and end users, defining architecture, building data‑driven platforms, and pushing adoption through reliable, measurable outcomes across diverse domains.