Senior Remote Forward-Deployed Engineer (Full-Stack & AI)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

12 weeks parental leave

401(k) match

Education stipend

Equity program

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Full-Stack) for a remote role that collaborates with researchers, customers, and product teams to deliver production-grade software. You will shape customer programs, decide on reuse or build decisions, and implement end-to-end data pipelines across multiple platforms.

You will ship real-world software, ensure data quality, and influence platform direction by incorporating customer feedback and research insights.

Qualifications

• 7+ years shipping production full-stack software.
• Direct experience with technical customers in a forward deployed/solutions engineer role.
• Expertise in building and managing data pipelines (ingestion, cleaning, delivery).
• Hands-on experience with AI coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex with meaningful project contributions.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and evaluation processes, incl. non-deterministic behavior.
• Strong written communication to explain trade-offs to researchers and PMs.
• Based in the Bay Area with willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Scope and shape customer programs from the initial brief through technical planning.
• Determine what existing solutions to reuse, extend, or build from scratch.
• Develop capture flows, task logic, and data pipelines across multiple platforms.
• Ship production code that interacts with real users and incorporate feedback.
• Ensure data quality through validation, provenance, and clean delivery processes.
• Collaborate with research teams to support data integrity and reliability.
• Advocate for customer needs and influence future platform development.

Skills

Full-stack software shipping

Customer-facing engineering

Data pipelines

AI coding agents (Claude Code / Codex)

LLMs evaluation

Technical communication

Travel willingness

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Full-Stack) for a remote role that collaborates with researchers, customers, and product teams to deliver production-grade software. You will shape customer programs, decide on reuse or build decisions, and implement end-to-end data pipelines across multiple platforms.

You will ship real-world software, ensure data quality, and influence platform direction by incorporating customer feedback and research insights.