Forward Deployed Software Engineer

The Rundown AI, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI solutions provider in Seattle is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer. The role involves delivering impactful solutions, providing technical support, and collaborating across teams to enhance product adoption. Ideal candidates have a degree in a technical field, strong programming skills, and at least 1 year of experience. This position offers a competitive salary between $120,000 – $200,000, reflecting candidates' qualifications and experience.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of software engineering experience.
• Prior experience supporting technical customers.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of high-impact solutions for strategic partners.
• Resolve urgent technical customer support tickets.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to influence priorities.
• Build and maintain internal documentation.

Skills

Python

Javascript/Typescript

Software architecture

API integrations

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related field

Job description

About Hive

Hive is the leading provider of cloud-based AI solutions to understand, search, and generate content, and is trusted by hundreds of the world’s largest and most innovative organizations. The company empowers developers with a portfolio of best-in-class, pre‑trained AI models, serving billions of customer API requests every month. Hive also offers turnkey software applications powered by proprietary AI models and datasets, enabling breakthrough use cases across industries. Together, Hive’s solutions are transforming content moderation, deepfake detection, brand protection, sponsorship measurement and more.

Hive has raised over $120M in capital from leading investors, including General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain & Company, Visa Ventures, and others. We have over 250 employees globally in our San Francisco, Seattle, and Delhi offices. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the future of AI!

The Role

At Hive, Forward Deployed Software Engineers utilize technical expertise of software engineering to directly tackle customer challenges and pain points. This role will serve as the primary point of contact for many of our enterprise customers, supporting them to achieve success with Hive’s API solutions and AI platforms. As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you will work alongside our customers to translate business and product ideas into engineering solutions, efficiently understand and resolve technical customer issues, and architect solutions that help improve the adoption of Hive’s products. You will work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Operations, and build full-scale integrations to drive exceptional customer outcomes. This is a rare opportunity to work on the frontlines and directly execute high-impact projects for some of the largest enterprises.

Responsibilities

• Own the full end-to-end delivery of high-impact solutions for our most strategic partners
• Efficiently resolve urgent technical customer support tickets; ensure proactive and timely communication with key client stakeholders
• Drive innovation through coding and implementation in order solve complex problems
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to influence priorities and shape product roadmap
• Build and maintain internal documentation, playbooks, and enablement content
• Actively partner with customers to define success metrics, KPIs, and adoption strategies aligned to their goals; track progress against metrics
• Represent the voice of the customer internally, and provide actionable feedback to influence product direction and feature development
• Monitor usage, adoption, and engagement metrics to proactively address risks and ensure long-term retention
• Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role
• Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets
• Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, physics, or a related technical field
• 1+ years of software engineering experience
• Prior professional experience supporting technical customers and iterating solutions in real time
• Strong engineering background with proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Javascript/Typescript, or similar, and a deep understanding of software architecture and API integrations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and exceptional attention to detail, with experience engaging both business and technical audiences
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Who We Are

We are a group of ambitious individuals who are passionate about creating a revolutionary AI company. At Hive, you will have a steep learning curve and an opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest growing AI start-ups in San Francisco. The work you do here will have a noticeable and direct impact on the development of the company.

Thank you for your interest in Hive and we hope to meet you soon!

The current expected base salary for this position ranges from $120,000 – $200,000. Actual compensation may vary depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total compensation package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work; stock options may be offered in addition to the range provided here.