Senior Forward Deployed Engineer — Enterprise AI Deployments

arra; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is hiring Senior Forward Deployed Engineers for multiple Series B AI startups in San Francisco. You will own deployments end-to-end, build custom integrations, and work closely with customer engineering teams to take products from demo to production.

You’ll lead technical conversations with engineers and executives, contribute to the product roadmap, and participate in pre-sales efforts to scope solutions and proofs of concept.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience with 2+ years in a customer-facing role.
• Proficient in Python or TypeScript with production systems experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Able to lead technical conversations with engineers and executives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end deployments from scoping to launch and ongoing success.
• Build integrations, pipelines, and tooling connecting product to customer data.
• Collaborate with customers’ engineers as a trusted technical partner.
• Join pre-sales conversations to scope solutions and run deep dives.
• Spot deployment patterns and turn them into reusable features.
• Debug production problems in environments you don’t fully control.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

TypeScript

Customer-facing

Cloud infra

APIs

Data pipelines

Leadership

Production systems

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Confidential is hiring Senior Forward Deployed Engineers for multiple Series B AI startups in San Francisco. You will own deployments end-to-end, build custom integrations, and work closely with customer engineering teams to take products from demo to production.

You’ll lead technical conversations with engineers and executives, contribute to the product roadmap, and participate in pre-sales efforts to scope solutions and proofs of concept.