Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI

Auth21; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Home-office equipment ordering

Health and wellness stipend

Intra-office travel budget

Weekly coffee stipend

Medical, dental & vision insurance

One Medical annual membership

401(k) with employer match

Fertility HRA

Parental leave

Pet insurance

In-office perks

Relocation expense coverage

Equity

Job summary

Auth21 is seeking a technically senior role to co-lead customer engagements, translating business goals into production-ready AI solutions. You will own discovery, design, prototyping, and implementation, shipping production software for enterprise customers.

The role requires deep GenAI fundamentals, LLM systems expertise (RAG, agents), and proficiency in a major backend language, with flexible collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Requires experience shipping production software and working directly with enterprise customers in a solutions or forward-deployed engineering capacity.
• Must have strong fundamentals in GenAI, LLM systems (RAG, agents), and proficiency in at least one major backend programming language.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead customer engagements to translate business goals into technical requirements and production-ready AI solutions.
• Own the end-to-end technical lifecycle including discovery, solution design, prototyping, and implementation.

Skills

ML/GenAI

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

Go

Solutions Architecture

LLM Systems

RAG

Cloud Architecture

API Integration

Data Pipelines

Distributed Systems

Technical Consulting

Production Software Shipping

Job description

Co-lead customer engagements to translate business goals into technical requirements and production-ready AI solutions. Own the end-to-end technical lifecycle including discovery, solution design, prototyping, and implementation.

Requirements

Requires experience shipping production software and working directly with enterprise customers in a solutions or forward-deployed engineering capacity. Must have strong fundamentals in GenAI, LLM systems (RAG, agents), and proficiency in at least one major backend programming language.

Key Skills

• ML/GenAI
• Python
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• Java
• Go
• Solutions Architecture
• LLM Systems
• RAG
• Cloud Architecture
• API Integration
• Data Pipelines
• Distributed Systems
• Technical Consulting
• Production Software Shipping

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Home-office equipment ordering
• Health and wellness stipend
• Intra-office travel budget
• Weekly coffee stipend
• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• One Medical annual membership
• 401(k) with employer match
• Fertility HRA
• Parental leave
• Pet insurance
• In-office perks
• Relocation expense coverage
• Equity