Forward-Deployed AI Inference Engineer

BaseTen; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare coverage

Flexible PTO & Winter Break

Parental leave

Fertility stipend

401(k)

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Baseten is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers, architecting, building, and deploying high-scale AI applications on Baseten's platform. You will own the customer journey from exploration to production deployment, translating business goals into observable services with clear quality, latency, and cost outcomes.

This role blends engineering, product management, and customer success, with hands-on coding and cross-functional collaboration across product and engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 2+ years of professional work experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Demonstrated experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages, with a strong preference for Python.
• Familiarity with AI/ML pipelines and the lifecycle of ML model development and deployment.
• Strong communication skills, particularly on complex technical topics.
• Experience in building or optimizing AI/ML projects is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software systems and product features in a production-level environment, with a preference for Python.
• Drive customer impact by designing, implementing, and deploying Baseten solutions end-to-end across the customer journey.
• Deliver with velocity by turning vague objectives into clear specs and PoCs.
• Optimize and enhance AI/ML projects, contributing to the technical stack.
• Own products and customer projects end-to-end as engineer, PM, and customer-facing lead.
• Navigate ambiguity and make informed tradeoffs to solve problems.
• Demonstrate pride, ownership, and accountability for your work.

Skills

Python

General-purpose languages

Communication skills

AI/ML workflows

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/Ph.D. in CS/Engineering/Math or related

Job description

Baseten is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers, architecting, building, and deploying high-scale AI applications on Baseten's platform. You will own the customer journey from exploration to production deployment, translating business goals into observable services with clear quality, latency, and cost outcomes.

This role blends engineering, product management, and customer success, with hands-on coding and cross-functional collaboration across product and engineering