Forward Deployed Engineer, Mid-Level

True Talent Solutions Partners

San Francisco, California, United States · New York, United StatesFull-time$160,000–$220,000Posted Oct 10, 2026

About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage applied AI team to lead end-to-end enterprise deployments of AI agent systems. This high-ownership role works across engineering, product, and business, helping customers turn complex workflows into practical platform solutions while shaping the growing deployment function.

What You'll Do

Own enterprise customer deployments from discovery and solution design through implementation, scaling, and ongoing customer engagement.

Work directly with customer teams to understand their workflows and build tailored agentic solutions on the platform.

Develop custom AI workflows, data integrations, production APIs, and agent systems within platform constraints.

Share deployment insights with product and engineering teams to inform platform improvements and product priorities.

Collaborate with company leadership and the deployment team on strategy, staffing, and how to scale customer delivery.

What We're Looking For

Two to six years of experience in forward deployed engineering, enterprise AI implementation, or applied AI roles.

A degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or a related technical field, with strong technical fundamentals.

Hands-on experience building or deploying AI agent systems and workflows, beyond basic chatbot applications.

Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with experience building production APIs or data pipelines.

Experience in financial services, such as private equity, investment banking, insurance, or tax and audit, or in semiconductors.

Strong systems thinking and the ability to learn business domains quickly and translate needs into technical solutions.

Experience with cloud infrastructure and enterprise integrations is helpful; willingness to travel up to 50% is required.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $160,000 to $220,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. New York-based candidates are also noted as preferred. Travel of up to 50% may be required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise deployments from discovery and solution design through implementation, scaling, and customer engagement.
  • Understand customer workflows and build tailored agentic solutions.
  • Develop AI workflows, data integrations, production APIs, and agent systems.
  • Share deployment insights with product and engineering teams to improve the platform.
  • Collaborate on deployment strategy, staffing, and scaling customer delivery.

Qualifications

  • Two to six years of experience in forward deployed engineering, enterprise AI implementation, or applied AI.
  • Degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or a related technical field.
  • Hands-on experience building or deploying AI agent systems and workflows.
  • Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript and experience building production APIs or data pipelines.
  • Experience in financial services or semiconductors.
  • Strong systems thinking and ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Cloud infrastructure and enterprise integration experience is helpful.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available.

Skills mentioned

PythonTypeScriptAI AgentsGenerative AIREST APIsAPI IntegrationData PipelinesCloud ComputingSystem DesignWorkflow Automation