Founding AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Remote

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP 15% discount

Health benefits

Generous vacation days

Family leave

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to help shape how AI is applied to customer learning workflows. This remote role collaborates with clients and internal teams to turn complex needs into scalable, impactful solutions while shaping the engineering operating model.

As a founding member, you will define playbooks, culture, and practices for the team, own the end-to-end lifecycle from discovery to deployment, and drive adoption, efficiency, and product impact in the Education,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
• Expertise in building agentic AI systems and LLM apps.
• Customer-centric approach with strong communication.
• Thrives in ambiguity and ownership of undefined problems.
• Proven rapid prototyping and iterative development.
• Frontend (React, TypeScript) and backend (Next.js, TypeScript) skills.

Responsibilities

• Define operational rituals and internal playbooks for the team.
• Map complex learning workflows and identify AI integration opportunities.
• Design and deploy custom AI agents that integrate with client systems.
• Translate customer insights into scalable platform improvements.
• Manage product lifecycle from discovery to deployment and optimization.
• Shape culture and operating practices of the founding team.

Skills

Full-stack development

Agentic AI systems

LLM applications

React

TypeScript

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

Communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

LLM providers

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to help shape how AI is applied to customer learning workflows. This remote role collaborates with clients and internal teams to turn complex needs into scalable, impactful solutions while shaping the engineering operating model.

As a founding member, you will define playbooks, culture, and practices for the team, own the end-to-end lifecycle from discovery to deployment, and drive adoption, efficiency, and product impact in the Education,