Forward-Deployed Engineer for Computer-Use Agents

Snorkel AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Snorkel AI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer focused on Computer Use Agents to partner with leading AI labs and enterprises on agentic-AI initiatives.

You will lead the technical execution of complex customer engagements involving agents that operate computers, browsers, and software environments to complete realistic, multi-step tasks, translating ambiguous product and model challenges into robust data, evaluators, and delivery plans.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering, software engineering, applied AI, forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or a similar technical role.
• Strong Python skills and experience building reliable production software, data, or ML systems.
• Hands-on experience building, evaluating, or deploying LLM-based or agentic systems, including computer-use agents (CUA).
• Strong understanding of experimentation and evaluation, including LLM-as-a-judge / model-based evaluation, defining metrics, and using empirical results to guide technical decisions.
• Experience designing task environments, datasets, and verifiers for agents, including reward & verifier design (RL with verifiable rewards).
• Experience building or working with APIs, automation, web applications, browser-based systems, desktop applications, or developer tools.
• Experience manipulating, analyzing, and validating large or complex datasets using Python and the modern GenAI/LLM stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical workstreams from initial solution design through production delivery, navigating ambiguity and making sound technical decisions.
• Build, refine, and iterate on solutions that address customer needs, incorporating feedback to ensure the delivered work provides tangible value.
• Rapidly prototype and productionize solutions across models, agent frameworks, APIs, browser or desktop environments, and custom applications.
• Communicate technical tradeoffs, experimental results, and recommendations clearly to technical and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Serve as a trusted technical partner to customers and internal delivery teams, resolving complex blockers and driving alignment.

Skills

Python skills

LLM/agentic systems

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

APIs

Browser/desktop environments

Job description

Snorkel AI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer focused on Computer Use Agents to partner with leading AI labs and enterprises on agentic-AI initiatives.

You will lead the technical execution of complex customer engagements involving agents that operate computers, browsers, and software environments to complete realistic, multi-step tasks, translating ambiguous product and model challenges into robust data, evaluators, and delivery plans.