# Forward Deployed Engineer

> Raydar · Los Altos, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-16

**Salary:** USD 130,000–170,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead hands-on implementation of software solutions for public sector customers, combining production coding with direct customer engagement and cross-team coordination. The role suits an early-career engineer who enjoys translating technical ideas for non-technical audiences.

What you'll do

\- Serve as the primary implementation lead for government customers, onboarding their content into the platform.

\- Manage configuration and service orchestration securely within a regulated government cloud environment.

\- Build customer-requested features across front-end and backend, including UI changes, data tables and file handling.

\- Host customer meetings and walk senior stakeholders through AI concepts in accessible terms.

\- Balance your week across development work, customer engagement and internal coordination, with development taking the largest share.

\- Travel to customer sites in the Washington, DC area, with travel costs covered.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- 1 to 3 years of engineering experience.

\- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.

\- Strong programming skills in Python and TypeScript, with comfort spending about half the time on focused coding.

\- Experience shipping LLM or agent-based systems in production.

\- Hands-on experience with a major cloud AI platform such as AWS, Azure or GCP.

\- Experience deploying software in government or regulated environments.

\- Clear communication and ease talking with customers.

\- Ability to work on-site five days a week.

Bonus points

\- Experience in a fast-paced, zero-to-one environment.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 130,000 to 170,000 per year

\- Equity

\- Relocation support

Location and work model

\- Los Altos, CA, United States

\- On-site, 5 days per week in office

\- Full-time

\- Travel to the DC area expected

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/379DDF2A78/apply)

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