# Forward Deployed Engineer

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-04

**Salary:** USD 145,000–225,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

About the company

Our client is an artificial intelligence company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own a technical operations and engineering role that takes early prototypes to dependable production systems. The position combines hands-on building, such as queries, scripts and dashboards, with planning, cross-team coordination and performance measurement. The right candidate brings both technical depth and operational experience and is comfortable running complex work.

What you'll do

\- Set direction and plan the roadmap for an assigned area of an internal production system, from early prototypes through to scaled operation.

\- Build early versions of tools and workflows yourself, such as queries, scripts, dashboards and prototypes, then partner with engineers to scale them.

\- Translate customer-facing model needs into concrete workflows, specifications and project plans.

\- Coordinate across operations, engineering and research to bring new systems from concept to launch.

\- Use data to guide decisions and track output, quality and cost.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- Bachelor's degree in an engineering or other technical science, earned at a highly ranked university in the US or Canada.

\- 2 to 8 years in a product management, technical program management, founder, forward deployed engineering or technical operations role. Pure product management or pure software engineering backgrounds do not qualify.

\- Advanced database query skills plus the ability to assemble small working prototypes alone, from start to finish.

\- Experience independently creating internal utilities to handle intricate operational work, whether at an early-stage company, in advisory work or in an operations function.

\- Strong product intuition and the ability to work well with engineers and researchers.

\- Recent work at a fast-moving young company or a leading technology firm.

\- Background in a demanding customer-facing engineering organization, or a consulting or technical program management background paired with a technical education.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: $145K to $225K

\- Equity

\- Unlimited paid time off

\- Health, dental and vision coverage

\- Health savings and flexible spending account access

\- Retirement plan

Location and work model

\- San Francisco Bay Area, United States

\- New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

\- On-site

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/537870C2CE/apply)

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