Forward Deployed Engineer

New York City, NY · On-site · Full-time

Compensation: $240,000–$600,000 (guaranteed base + uncapped quarterly variable) + competitive equity

About the Company

A fully bootstrapped AI consulting firm that embeds small teams of strategists and engineers directly into Fortune 500 operations to help them become AI-native. The company is a formal implementation partner to leading frontier AI labs, working alongside their applied-AI teams on real enterprise problems. It has grown from a handful of people to roughly 40 in about a year, with rapid continued hiring planned.

Founded 2025 · ~40 people · Industry: AI Consulting

The Role

Work in a small pod that embeds with a client, learns the domain, and owns the problem end-to-end. As a Forward Deployed Engineer you act as a genuine client-facing software engineer who designs, develops, and maintains modern web and agentic applications — and presents that work directly to client stakeholders.

What you'll be doing

Design, build, and maintain modern web and agentic applications directly for Fortune 500 clients

Own technical initiatives end-to-end, from architecture through production delivery

Operate with high autonomy in ambiguous, fast-moving client environments

Present technical work and architecture directly to clients in a clear, consultative way

Travel to client sites roughly once a month to work in person with stakeholders

Tech stack: Modern web + agentic application development; agentic coding tools used in daily workflow.

Requirements

3-8+ years software engineering

Client-facing experience required

High autonomy, ambiguous environments

NYC 5 days in-person + monthly client travel

Guaranteed base + uncapped variable

Green Flags

Genuine client-facing or customer-facing experience where the candidate owned the relationship and delivered real outcomes

Founder, co-founder, or CTO background at a startup, especially someone who built a solo AI or software development practice, even without major commercial traction...

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