Forward Deployed Engineer, Early Career

endeavorai.com; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Endeavor is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers, quickly understanding their toughest issues and architecting AI-driven solutions that leverage critical data. You will own end-to-end execution in small, agile teams and deliver high-stakes projects that impact real-world outcomes.

This role requires strong engineering fundamentals, experience across CS/Math/Software/Data fields, and proficiency in Python, C++, or TypeScript/JavaScript.

Qualifications

• High agency, slope, and chaos ceiling with strong first principles thinking, outcome orientation, and resiliency.
• Engineering background in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
• Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
• Must be graduating in 2026 or before.
• Ability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Work side by side with customers, understand toughest issues, and architect data-driven AI solutions.
• Own end-to-end execution and implementation of high-stakes projects.
• Collaborate in small, agile teams to deliver concrete outcomes.

Skills

First principles thinking

Engineering background

Programming languages

Graduating 2026

Travel willingness

Job description

Endeavor is real-world enterprise AI.

Our software is the distribution layer for powerful AI models that will build the world.

Our belief is that AI will power many applications in legal, healthcare, and finance. But none are more important than building AI that can build the world around us. Especially the physical infrastructure that will accelerate the development of AI.

We focus on the building materials market, which is suffering from manual quoting, order entry, and pricing. These are a double whammy. They lose revenue for missed quotes and mispriced products. And they pay tons of people to make quotes and enter orders. AI solves that, so our product is flying off the shelves. After we dominate this market, we’ll go to other industries. But we have to win this market first - if we don’t, we don’t get to the next level.

While labs build the models of the future, we build the last-mile delivery for them. We must model complex environments, deliver reliable results, and bridge the gap between models and the antiquated ecosystems in which they must operate.

Our Principles:

• We are bold, especially when the world tells us what we’re doing is impossible.

• We are truth-seeking, choosing clarity over comfort.

• We will win. And we work really hard to win.

The Role | Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineers work side by side with our customers, rapidly understanding their toughest issues; architecting and building solutions that leverage business-critical data and the latest advancements in AI to solve them. As a FDE, your contributions will have a direct impact on our customers’ missions and the real world. You’ll work in small, agile teams and own the end-to-end execution and implementation of high-stakes projects.

What We Require

• High agency, slope, and chaos ceiling with strong first principles thinking, outcome orientation, and resiliency.

• Engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.

• Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.

• Must be graduating in 2026 or before.

• Ability to travel.