Forward Deployed Engineer

August; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

August is seeking an embedded onsite engineer to configure and deploy its legal-AI workspace within law firms in New York City. This is a full-time, onsite role based in NYC, joining a team with leaders from top firms and tech companies.

The successful candidate will work closely with law firms to integrate August’s platform into firm workflows, ensuring smooth adoption and real-world utility. This is a high-visibility, customer-facing technical role at a frontier legal-tech startup.

Responsibilities

• Embed onsite with law firms to configure and deploy August's legal-AI workspace into real firm workflows.
• Customer-facing build role at a fast-growing NYC legal-tech startup.

Job description

Why it's interesting

$170K–$300K legal ai onsite-heavy seed-stage

New York City (Onsite) · Posted August 14, 2026

A $170–300K band is striking for a $7M seed-stage shop — August (NEA-backed legal AI for midsize + AmLaw-150 firms) is paying near-frontier money to put an FDE onsite with law firms, betting that white-glove deployment, not model quality, wins legal AI. All-onsite NYC, no remote hedge.

The role

Embed onsite with law firms to configure and deploy August's legal-AI workspace into real firm workflows. Customer-facing build role at a fast-growing NYC legal-tech startup (team drawn from Blackstone, Amazon, DoorDash, Columbia; attorneys from White & Case and Wachtell). Full-time, onsite NYC. Verified on august.law careers page.