Remote AI Systems Engineer — End-to-End Production

Trail; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Trail is a context layer AI for organizations. We’re building the governance layer that links rules, exceptions and knowledge with agents.

We’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers to design, build, and deploy AI-driven systems into live production environments. You will operate across frontend, backend and infrastructure, owning problems end-to-end—from initial requirements to production rollout.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in related roles; startup experience preferred.
• Experience building AI-native apps incl. chatbots and agentic workflows.
• Strong frontend design, state management, performance optimization.
• Backend and infrastructure understanding with secure data handling.
• Hands-on experience with production LLM systems, RAG pipelines, and embeddings.
• Ability to own problems end-to-end from design to production.
• Strong CS fundamentals.
• Experience in client-facing environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI-driven systems into live production environments.
• Own problems from requirements to production rollout.
• Design AI-native interfaces and workflows.
• Integrate LLM-powered systems and real-time applications that connect software to physical operations.

Skills

Forward Deployed Engineer

AI-native applications

Frontend system design

Backend & infrastructure

LLM systems

End-to-end ownership

CS fundamentals

Client-facing experience

Tools

APIs

Embedding/Vector search

Prompt design

RAG pipelines

Agent orchestration

Job description

Trail is a context layer AI for organizations. We’re building the governance layer that links rules, exceptions and knowledge with agents.

We’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers to design, build, and deploy AI-driven systems into live production environments. You will operate across frontend, backend and infrastructure, owning problems end-to-end—from initial requirements to production rollout.