Senior AI Forward-Deployed Engineer | Equity & High Impact

Runtime; United States; On-site; USD 126,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Runtime is hiring for a founder FDE-level role with a fast-growing AI developer tools company redefining how engineering teams ship code. The position centers on embedding with enterprise teams, diagnosing blockers, and turning insights into working prototypes that make the product indispensable.

You will quickly spin up proofs of concept, implement workarounds when necessary, and escalate learnings back to the core engineering team to influence the product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with agentic systems and MCP servers.
• Proven ability to engage with enterprise engineering teams and earn trust.
• Ability to translate vague customer problems into working prototypes quickly.

Responsibilities

• Embed with enterprise engineering teams to understand blockers and drive adoption.
• Spin up a proof of concept rapidly and deliver tangible value today.
• If needed, build a workaround to demonstrate product potential and feed learnings back to engineering.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Agentic systems

MCP servers

Job description

Runtime is hiring for a founder FDE-level role with a fast-growing AI developer tools company redefining how engineering teams ship code. The position centers on embedding with enterprise teams, diagnosing blockers, and turning insights into working prototypes that make the product indispensable.

You will quickly spin up proofs of concept, implement workarounds when necessary, and escalate learnings back to the core engineering team to influence the product roadmap.