Forward-Deployed AI & Software Engineer

Wise Pelican; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision Coverage

Paid Time Away

Professional Development Stipends

401(k) at Tenure Milestone

Compensation: $100,000–$150,000 per yr

Job summary

Wise Pelican in Scottsdale, Arizona, seeks a full-time, onsite engineer to own early product and AI initiatives. You will ship production software, interact with customers, and translate real-world workflows into concrete technical plans that move revenue and client success.

You will partner with the CEO and cross-functional leaders to define priorities, build full-stack solutions with Python, TS, and React, and turn lessons into reusable product capabilities that scale with the business.

Qualifications

• Proven track record shipping real software beyond coursework or prototypes.
• Ability to speak with customers, executives, developers, and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to connect technical decisions to revenue, adoption, and customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO and cross-functional leaders to identify product and AI opportunities tied to revenue, customer success, efficiency, or long-term value.
• Work directly with customers and internal teams to understand workflows and translate problems into a technical plan.
• Build full-stack solutions using Python, TypeScript, and React, including product features, internal tools, integrations, data workflows, and AI-supported apps.
• Own projects from discovery through testing, production deployment, adoption, and ongoing improvement.
• Define success metrics before development and measure if outcomes match intended business impact.
• Make practical decisions about scope, speed, maintainability, security, and quality.
• Turn successful solutions into reusable components and scalable product capabilities.
• Bring customer learnings back to the broader product roadmap.
• Keep stakeholders informed and surface risks early to prevent work from getting lost between departments.

Skills

Shipped production software

Customer communication

Business impact awareness

Tools

Python

TypeScript

React

Job description

Wise Pelican in Scottsdale, Arizona, seeks a full-time, onsite engineer to own early product and AI initiatives. You will ship production software, interact with customers, and translate real-world workflows into concrete technical plans that move revenue and client success.

You will partner with the CEO and cross-functional leaders to define priorities, build full-stack solutions with Python, TS, and React, and turn lessons into reusable product capabilities that scale with the business.