Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed

SupportFinity™; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Garrett & Fields is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our client’s team in Manhattan. You will act as a fast-moving generalist bridging the gap between platform capabilities and frontier AI lab customer needs, handling ad hoc requests, shaping data, building dashboards, and implementing RL tasks under tight timelines.

The role targets a hands-on software engineer with 2-5 years of full-stack experience, strong TypeScript and Python skills, and a track record of shipping production

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in full-stack software engineering in fast-paced environments.
• Strong TypeScript and Python skills; full-stack generalist (backend services, data pipelines, and frontend interfaces).
• Proven ability to ship production software at a fast-paced, high-growth VC-backed company.

Responsibilities

• Shape data created by human experts to meet specific requirements of frontier AI lab customers.
• Build quick plugins, features, or temporary improvements to existing systems for data collection.
• Handcraft reinforcement learning task samples tailored to customer needs.
• Spin up customer-facing interfaces like dashboards and portals on short timelines.
• Identify when one-off custom builds should be generalized into the core platform.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Full-stack development

Data pipelines

Dashboards

Education

BS in Computer Science or related STEM field

Job description

Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed

Garrett & Fields | Posted Sep 16

Full-time

Manhattan

Specialist (2-5 yrs)

A client of ours is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to act as a fast-moving generalist, bridging the gap between our platform and the needs of frontier AI lab customers. You will handle ad hoc requests, shape data, build dashboards, and implement RL tasks on tight timelines at the cutting edge of AI research.

Software Engineering

Full-stack Development

Python

TypeScript

Responsibilities

Shape data created by human experts to meet specific requirements of frontier AI lab customers.

Build quick plugins, features, or temporary improvements to existing systems for data collection.

Handcraft reinforcement learning task samples tailored to customer needs.

Spin up customer-facing interfaces like dashboards and portals on short timelines.

Identify when one-off custom builds should be generalized into the core platform.

Qualifications

2-5 years of experience in full-stack software engineering in fast-paced environments.

Strong TypeScript and Python skills; full-stack generalist (backend services, data pipelines, and frontend interfaces).

Proven ability to ship production software at a fast-paced, high-growth VC-backed company.

BS in Computer Science or related STEM field from a top 25 undergraduate CS program.

Experience translating customer needs into fast technical solutions (e.g., custom features, integrations, dashboards, or data workflows).

Experience with evals, task design, or LLM-judged scoring is a plus.

About the company

Great businesses are built by great people, and great careers by the right opportunities. Garrett & Fields connects businesses with aligned talent and candidates with meaningful opportunities through mindful, holistic recruiting.

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