Forward Deployed Engineer I
Sayari
About the role
About Sayari:
Sayari is the judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk. The Sayari Commercial World Model resolves 11.7B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions forming the ground truth of global commerce. A Judgment Ontology, encoding over a decade of investigative tradecraft, and Superconductor, an agentic orchestration platform, deliver AI that reasons like an expert analyst, shows its work, and traces every finding to its source. Trusted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, HM Revenue & Customs, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv.
SAYARI
FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEERING | JOB DESCRIPTION
Forward Deployed Engineer I
About Sayari
Sayari is the judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk. The Sayari Commercial World Model resolves 11.7B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions forming the ground truth of global commerce. A Judgment Ontology, encoding over a decade of investigative tradecraft, and Superconductor, an agentic orchestration platform, deliver AI that reasons like an expert analyst, shows its work, and traces every finding to its source. Trusted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, HM Revenue & Customs, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv.
The Role
Sayari’s customers run risk screening, graph analytics and investigation workflows, and data integrations (APIs and feeds) on the Commercial World Model. Those deployments have to work on day one and keep working. As a Forward Deployed Engineer I, you own that outcome. You scope the problem with the customer, prove it technically, ship it, and keep the account healthy after go-live. The same engineer scopes the work and delivers it.
This is not a ticket queue. You receive direction, not a script. You work across a portfolio of accounts rather than embedding in one, so the role rewards engineers who move fast, document as they go, and leave every deployment in a state another engineer can pick up. Opportunity to contribute to Sayari’s agentic platform.
What You’ll Do
Scope and prove: run technical scoping and evaluation with customer teams, and confirm Sayari fits the workflow before delivery starts.
Implement: deploy risk screening, graph analytics and investigation workflows, and data integrations (APIs and feeds). Write production Python and SQL to do it.
Deliver data: execute bulk data cuts and formatted data products (Parquet, CSV), set up and support API endpoints, and onboard customer pipelines: environment setup, data validation, integration testing.
Keep deployments healthy: monitor usage and pipeline status, build dashboards that give customers and internal teams clear visibility, and resolve issues before they become churn risk.
Build the playbook: follow and improve delivery playbooks and SOPs. Document your work clearly enough that another engineer can pick it up without a handoff call.
Feed the product: bring recurring customer needs and field findings back to core engineering.
What We’re Looking For
Required
3 to 5 years in a client-facing technical role (forward deployed engineering, sales engineering, technical delivery, or technical consulting).
Production Python, including the data manipulation ecosystem (Pandas).
Deep SQL: writing and optimizing complex queries.
Hands-on experience integrating, testing, and supporting REST APIs.
Large-scale data processing with Spark, BigQuery, or Snowflake, and pipeline orchestration with Airflow or similar.
Working knowledge of AWS or GCP.
AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Claude, or similar) as a daily part of how you work.
Strong written and verbal communication. You explain technical work clearly to engineers, analysts, and senior stakeholders.
Problem solving in ambiguity, and fast uptake of new technologies and tools.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field.
Desired
Building with LLM APIs for analytical or automation tasks.
Containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud deployment patterns.
BI and dashboarding tools (Looker, Tableau, Metabase).
Graph data technologies and their query languages.
Exposure to ML, NLP, or entity resolution.
Experience in high-stakes domains: AML and financial crime, supply chain risk, or national security.
How You Work
You are self-directed. You do not need someone to define every step. You spot gaps, ask the right questions, flag tradeoffs, and execute. You hold a high bar on output quality because the work you hand off represents Sayari to the customer. You take full accountability for what you deliver.
Logistics
Travel and in-office time: 25-30% combined.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Sayari is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. We believe diversity and inclusion mean our team members should reflect the diversity of the United States. No employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, genetics, or political affiliation. We strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
Pay Range
$160,000—$180,000 USD
Responsibilities
- Scope and evaluate customer workflows to confirm technical fit before delivery.
- Deploy risk screening, graph analytics, investigation workflows, and API or data-feed integrations.
- Write production Python and SQL and deliver formatted data products and bulk data cuts.
- Set up customer environments, validate data, test integrations, and support pipelines and APIs.
- Monitor deployment usage and pipeline health, build dashboards, and resolve issues.
- Follow and improve delivery playbooks and document work for clear handoffs.
- Share recurring customer needs and field findings with core engineering.
Qualifications
- 3 to 5 years in a client-facing technical role such as forward deployed engineering, sales engineering, technical delivery, or technical consulting.
- Production Python experience, including Pandas, and strong SQL skills for complex query writing and optimization.
- Hands-on experience integrating, testing, and supporting REST APIs.
- Experience with large-scale data processing using Spark, BigQuery, or Snowflake and pipeline orchestration with Airflow or similar.
- Working knowledge of AWS or GCP.
- Daily use of AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor or Claude.
- Strong written and verbal communication, problem-solving skills, and ability to work through ambiguity.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field.
Benefits
- Growth and learning opportunities
Skills mentioned
About Sayari
Sayari is the judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk. The Sayari Commercial World Model resolves over 12 billion primary-source records from more than 250 jurisdictions, forming the ground truth of global commerce. Built on more than a decade of investigative expertise, Sayari’s platform delivers AI that reasons like an expert analyst, shows its work, and traces every finding to its source. Trusted by regulators and the regulated alike, Sayari is used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Treasury, Fortune 500 enterprises, and thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains, surface sanctions evasion and forced labor risks, and dismantle illicit networks at scale. In a volatile geopolitical and regulatory landscape, defenders of the global commercial system need more than monitoring — they need evidence, explainability, and speed. Sayari delivers all three. Headquartered in Washington, D.C.