Forward Deployed Engineer

True Talent Solutions Partners

San Francisco, California, United StatesFull-time$160,000–$250,000Posted Nov 4, 2026

About the role

About the Role

Join a Series A AI automation company at the intersection of engineering, customer partnership, and operational excellence. You will work with enterprise customers to transform complex, high-impact workflows into reliable software and automation, owning deployments from discovery through rollout.

What You'll Do

Work with customers to map complex business processes and turn them into precise, actionable steps.

Build robust workflow automations using an AI-based programming language.

Architect and implement solutions that scale reliably in production.

Partner with customers to iterate on implementations and support adoption.

Scale deployments from initial pilots to production use.

Document deployment practices and share lessons that improve future customer implementations.

What We're Looking For

Two to eight years of software engineering experience, with strong engineering fundamentals and experience shipping a full-stack application end to end.

Experience in forward-deployed engineering or a related customer-facing technical role, with hands-on coding as part of day-to-day work.

Strong customer communication skills and experience building trust with enterprise stakeholders.

Demonstrated ownership of outcomes, sound judgment, and initiative in fast-paced, high-intensity environments.

Experience working directly with customers to solve operational problems, beyond providing support alone.

Background in a startup or other environment that combines engineering with customer, product, sales, or growth work is valuable.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $160,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

Responsibilities

  • Map complex customer business processes into actionable workflows.
  • Build and scale reliable AI-powered workflow automations.
  • Partner with customers to iterate on solutions and support adoption.
  • Take deployments from initial pilots through production rollout.
  • Document deployment practices and share implementation learnings.

Qualifications

  • Two to eight years of software engineering experience.
  • Strong engineering fundamentals and experience shipping a full-stack application end to end.
  • Experience in forward-deployed engineering or a related customer-facing technical role with hands-on coding.
  • Strong communication skills and experience building trust with enterprise stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ownership, sound judgment, and initiative in fast-paced environments.
  • Experience working directly with customers to solve operational problems.
  • Startup experience combining engineering with customer, product, sales, or growth work is valuable.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is available.

Skills mentioned

System DesignBackend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentAPI IntegrationWorkflow AutomationAutomationGenerative AILarge Language ModelsCloud ComputingDevOps