Forward-Deployed AI Engineer - Deploy & Own Impact

Elev8 Recruitment; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Elev8 Recruitment in New York City is seeking an engineer who will own what happens after the sale: full deployment of AI-driven solutions from build through production.

You’ll work with customers to understand problems, design the right technical approach, deploy and monitor performance, and continuously improve outcomes, sitting between product, engineering and the customer. The role is based in Midtown Manhattan with four in-office days.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack software engineering experience.
• Forward deployed, applied AI or highly technical solutions experience.
• Ownership of customer-facing deployments from build through production.
• Experience in a startup or similarly fast-moving environment.
• Voice or conversational AI experience would be useful, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Own the deployment lifecycle from build through production.
• Deploy AI-driven solutions and ensure production readiness.
• Monitor performance and continuously improve deployed solutions.
• Collaborate with customers, product and engineering to solve problems.
• Communicate directly with customers and manage ambiguity.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Forward deployed AI

Customer deployments

Startup experience

Voice AI (nice-to-have)

Job description

Elev8 Recruitment in New York City is seeking an engineer who will own what happens after the sale: full deployment of AI-driven solutions from build through production.

You’ll work with customers to understand problems, design the right technical approach, deploy and monitor performance, and continuously improve outcomes, sitting between product, engineering and the customer. The role is based in Midtown Manhattan with four in-office days.