Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Enterprise

fde; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Gray Swan AI seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Enterprise to design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade AI-security software inside customer environments, at the intersection of backend engineering, systems integration, and customer delivery.

The role requires strong Python and cloud-architecture background, plus security/infra/platform experience, with remote work flexibility for San Francisco-based teams. Compensation ranges from $175K to $220K annually.

Qualifications

• Strong Python and cloud-architecture background required.
• Security/infra/platform experience preferred.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade AI-security software.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy enterprise-grade AI-security software inside customer environments.
• Collaborate with customers and delivery teams to ensure real-time threat detection and adaptive defenses.

Skills

Python

Cloud architecture

Security/infra/platform experience

Job description

Design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade AI-security software directly inside customer environments, at the intersection of backend engineering, systems integration, and customer delivery. Strong Python and cloud-architecture background required, plus security/infra/platform experience. $175K–$220K; parallel Enterprise Delivery and ML-focused FDE postings are live in Pittsburgh and the Northeast.

An AI-security startup (from CMU's Zico Kolter and Andy Zou) at ~25 people is already standing up forward deployment — building real-time threat detection and adaptive defenses inside customer environments. FDE-as-security is a niche the big deployment shops don't touch.

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Enterprise at Gray Swan AI. Location: San Francisco (Remote). Compensation: $175K–$220K. Posted July 18, 2026.