Forward Deployed Engineer

Ciridae; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ciridae, based in San Francisco, is looking for an experienced Full-Stake FDE who can manage and develop end-to-end production software solutions. You'll work with technologies like React, TypeScript, and Python to deliver high-quality software. The role requires good communication skills with business leaders, the ability to navigate ambiguity, and a solid understanding of LLM APIs in practice. Collaborative and cross-functional work will take place daily as part of the engineering team.

Qualifications

• Experience with full-stack production systems across frontend and backend.
• Ability to lead engagements and manage ambiguity effectively.
• Familiarity with LLM orchestration and metrics tracking.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire solution from requirements to production cutover.
• Write React components and manage Postgres schema development.
• Engage with business stakeholders effectively.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

LLM APIs

Production software development

Job description

This is a super-powered FDE who has world-class engineering talent with the ability to translate it to a business audience. Over four weeks, a mess of spreadsheets, disconnected SaaS, and tribal knowledge becomes a full-stack production system the business runs on. When the CFO calls at 10pm, you answer.

What you own. The full solution, end-to-end. Requirements, architecture, frontend, backend, data, LLM orchestration, production cutover, and the metric that tells us it worked. You're writing React in the morning, shaping a Postgres schema after lunch, and debugging an agent loop before dinner. Whatever you learn in the field feeds back into the platform.

What you bring. Production software shipped end-to-end across the stack — React and TypeScript on the frontend, Python on the backend, at least one LLM API in real use. Opinions about RAG, agents, and evals formed from building them, not reading about them. Comfort in a room with a CFO or a superintendent. Calm with ambiguity.

Level. Experienced FDEs lead engagements start to finish. Earlier-career engineers ramp quickly to do the same.