Forward Deployed Engineer – All Levels

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a software engineer to design, build, and deploy agentic AI solutions inside enterprise environments, partnering with Deployment Strategists to translate business challenges into practical AI deployments.

You will own components end-to-end, develop agent dashboards, and contribute to MVPs that move from sketch to deployable in days, with rigorous evaluation of AI outputs and data integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3+ years (6-10 years for Senior levels) of software engineering or technical delivery experience.
• Prior customer-facing technical delivery experience (consulting, professional services, or forward deployed engineering).
• Fluent in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Apex.
• Hands-on with LLMs and prompt engineering.
• Understand data modeling, APIs, and integration patterns.
• Ability to hold your own in a room with sales teams and customer architects.
• Ship quality code and evaluate AI outputs with engineering rigor.
• Actively tinker with the evolving AI/data landscape.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy agentic AI solutions directly inside enterprise customer environments.
• Work as part of a delivery team, partnering closely with a Deployment Strategist.
• Develop AI agents and experiences that take real actions for real organizations.
• Own technical components end-to-end: from architecture choice to deployed, validated, and observable in production.
• Build and maintain agent performance dashboards and customer KPI reporting.
• Contribute to proofs‑of‑concept and MVPs that move from sketch to deployable in days, not months.
• Partner with the Deployment Strategist to translate customer business challenges into agentic solutions.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

Apex

LLMs & prompts

Data modeling

APIs

Integration patterns

Ship quality code

AI outputs evaluation

AI tinkering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy agentic AI solutions directly inside enterprise customer environments.
• Work as part of a delivery team, partnering closely with a Deployment Strategist.
• Develop AI agents and experiences that take real actions for real organizations.
• Own technical components end-to-end: from architecture choice to deployed, validated, and observable in production.
• Build and maintain agent performance dashboards and customer KPI reporting.
• Contribute to proofs‑of‑concept and MVPs that move from sketch to deployable in days, not months.
• Partner with the Deployment Strategist to translate customer business challenges into agentic solutions.

Requirements

• 3+ years (6-10 years for Senior levels) of software engineering or technical delivery experience.
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Prior customer‑facing technical delivery experience (consulting, professional services, or forward deployed engineering).
• Fluent in at least one of Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Apex.
• Hands‑on with LLMs and prompt engineering.
• Understand data modeling, APIs, and integration patterns.
• Ability to hold your own in a room with sales teams and customer architects.
• Ship quality code and evaluate AI outputs with engineering rigor.
• Actively tinker with the evolving AI/data landscape.