Software Engineer, Product

Salient; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous 401(k)

Catered lunches

Job summary

Salient is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer in San Francisco to implement AI solutions for customers and manage critical projects. The role requires strong communication skills, a hands-on programming mindset in Python, Typescript, or Javascript, and the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Benefits include medical coverage, a generous 401(k), and catered lunches, with an in-office requirement of 4 days a week.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a fast-moving work environment.
• Ability to extract requirements and run discovery.
• Strong hands-on coder with programming proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end implementation of customer engagements.
• Implement and build new features with customers.

Skills

Communication skills

Ownership mindset

Proficiency in Python

Proficiency in Typescript

Proficiency in Javascript

Job description

About Us

We’re building the AI infrastructure powering the future of financial operations - starting with automating the most painful and complex workflows in loan servicing.

• Backed by a16z and Y Combinator, with $65M raised in Series A funding.
• 8-figure ARR in < 2 years already serving > 20% of the auto lending industry, and processing millions of real customer calls and transactions daily.
• Fully deployed with major financial institutions - not just PoCs.
• We are expanding into new financial services segments!
• In-person office culture in San Francisco, CA.

We're fully integrated with our customers, own the full stack, and are moving fast to bring modern AI into regulated industries where precision, reliability, and performance matter most.

About the Role

We're seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to work directly with our customers to implement our technology and build any required customizations. In this role, you will apply your problem-solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to be a customer’s first resource for implementing AI agents in their company. This role is critical in helping us deliver reliable, compliant, and efficient customer service solutions to millions of borrowers.

Responsibilities

• You will own the end-to-end implementation and execution of high-stakes customer engagements and projects, determining what the customer requirements are and how best to apply our Voice AI Agent solution.
• Implement and build new features with customers, and implement them in the core engineering product.

Requirements

• Relevant college and post-college work experience in a fast moving work environment.
• Customer-facing polish, with ability to extract requirements and run discovery - strong communicator.
• Ownership mindset — someone who treats every deployment like a mission-critical project.
• Strong hands on coder with proven proficiency in programming languages in either Python, Typescript or Javascript.
• Excellence in technical documentation and cross-team communication.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical customers, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment with evolving objectives and many iterations with customers.
• Ability to work 4 days a week from our San Francisco office (open to candidates willing to relocate).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous 401(k).
• Catered lunches.

Location / Work Model

In-person 4 days a week in our San Francisco office with a start time of 8:00 AM.