Software Engineer

Employia G&A Consulting GmbH; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown is partnering with a high-growth AI company to deploy an English-based programming language that automates complex business processes for Fortune 500 customers. The Forward Deployed Engineer will own end-to-end deployments from discovery to global rollout, directly engaging with strategic customers to translate needs into scalable AI-powered software.

Ideal candidates have 2–8 years of software engineering experience, strong fundamentals, and a high degree of ownership, communication,

Qualifications

• 2–8 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Strong software engineering and programming fundamentals.
• Ability to work through ambiguous, complex problems and independently determine the right solution.
• Strong customer-facing communication and business judgment.
• Comfortable owning projects from discovery through deployment and scaling.
• High-agency, resourceful mindset with strong technical and problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Understand complex business processes and translate them into scalable AI-powered software.
• Own implementations end-to-end from discovery through production deployment and global rollout.
• Collaborate with strategic customers to ensure successful deployments at scale.
• Drive architecture decisions and solution design.

Skills

Software engineering

Problem solving

Communication

Project ownership

Job description

We're partnering with a high-growth AI company transforming how the world's largest enterprises operate. The company has built a new English-based programming language that allows complex business processes to be automated using AI. Its platform is already deployed globally across Fortune 500 companies, automating critical workflows involving financial records, insurance claims, and telecom operations.

Company Snapshot

• $50M raised at a reported $500M valuation.
• Backed by Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, and OpenAI.
• 40-person team, founded in 2023.
• 500K+ production runs with 98%+ quality across critical enterprise workflows.
• Customers include some of the largest companies in the world, with deployments replacing workflows that previously consumed thousands of human hours.
• Founding team is approximately 33% former founders, with experience building major startup systems, Fortune 500 ML practices, and enterprise software infrastructure.

Why You Should Join

• Work directly with Fortune 500 customers on mission-critical workflows.
• Build solutions that create measurable business outcomes, rather than simply shipping incremental features.
• Combine software engineering, AI, customer strategy, and problem-solving.
• Own deployments from initial discovery through global production rollout.
• Join a highly technical, high-ownership team operating at the forefront of enterprise AI.

About the Role

You'll join as a Forward Deployed Engineer, working directly with strategic customers to understand complex business processes and turn them into scalable AI-powered software. You'll own implementations end-to-end, from process discovery and solution design through production deployment and global rollout.

Qualifications

• 2–8 years of experience as a software engineer. Exceptional early-career candidates are considered.
• Strong software engineering and programming fundamentals.
• Ability to work through ambiguous, complex problems and independently determine the right solution.
• Strong customer-facing communication and business judgment.
• Comfortable owning projects from discovery through deployment and scaling.
• High-agency, resourceful mindset with strong technical and problem-solving ability.

Compensation & Logistics

• Compensation: $150K–$225K Base