Onsite Forward Deployed Engineer Lead — AI Platform Architect

ConductorAI; Washington; On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

ConductorAI is seeking an FDE lead who will sit at the intersection of engineering and customer partnership. You will be onsite with customers, write code in Python and TypeScript, diagnose needs, and translate user feedback into product improvements.

As an early team member, you will shape culture, processes, and product direction, measure impact, and lead a growing team of FDEs while traveling up to 50% domestically.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required by applicable federal law and government contract obligations; green cards not sponsored.
• Active DoD TS or TS/SCI clearance required at time of hire.
• Experience in defense, intelligence, or national security environments.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering or forward deployed engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
• Experience working directly with end users or customers in a technical capacity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Comfort operating with high autonomy in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Experience with LLMs and modern AI application techniques.
• Ability to travel up to 50% domestically and OCONUS.

Responsibilities

• Go onsite to customer environments to configure, optimize, and support ConductorAI software, including customizing workflows for specific use cases.
• Write and maintain production-quality code in Python and TypeScript within a small engineering team.
• Work directly with users to gather feedback, understand workflows, and translate insights into actionable product requirements.
• Debug and improve system reliability, performance, and usability based on real-world customer usage.
• Build and deliver technical demonstrations to new and existing customers.
• Collaborate with the product and engineering team to develop new features, with a direct line from customer need to shipped capability.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency at customer sites.
• Help define and demonstrate what being an impactful FDE means at ConductorAI.
• Help lead a small and growing team of FDEs.
• As a core team member, contribute to company strategy, culture, and evolving responsibilities as we grow.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Communication

Autonomy

LLMs

Job description

ConductorAI is seeking an FDE lead who will sit at the intersection of engineering and customer partnership. You will be onsite with customers, write code in Python and TypeScript, diagnose needs, and translate user feedback into product improvements.

As an early team member, you will shape culture, processes, and product direction, measure impact, and lead a growing team of FDEs while traveling up to 50% domestically.