Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer: Build AI-Powered Deployments

Axion; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off

Competitive compensation, equity, and.

Job summary

Axion is building its first Forward Deployed Engineering team. This hands-on software role will help turn customer problems into reliable deployments, with direct interaction with customers and a dotted-line to Engineering. Based in New York or San Francisco with 25-50% travel.

You will write and review code, design integrations, and own how your software behaves after release, while balancing customer engagement and strong engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Engineering fundamentals and ability to ship and maintain production software.
• Experience with Python and SQL; full-stack development with TypeScript/React; API integrations; and enterprise data handling.
• Experience with applied AI or agent workflows and evaluating models in real-world contexts.
• Comfort with owning outcomes in a small team and translating ambiguous problems into solutions.

Responsibilities

• Understand and scope customer problems; define valuable use cases and delivery plans.
• Build and deploy data integrations, business logic, APIs, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Validate outputs against data and business rules; monitor deployments and provide ongoing support.
• Collaborate with account teams to connect delivery to customer adoption and future use cases.

Skills

Python

SQL

TypeScript/React

APIs

Applied AI

Manufacturing domain

Customer ownership

Job description

Axion is building its first Forward Deployed Engineering team. This hands-on software role will help turn customer problems into reliable deployments, with direct interaction with customers and a dotted-line to Engineering. Based in New York or San Francisco with 25-50% travel.

You will write and review code, design integrations, and own how your software behaves after release, while balancing customer engagement and strong engineering practices.