Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Engineer

Reflection AI
New York, San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Customer-facing","Ownership","Communication","Collaboration"]

Develop and deploy agentic AI systems for enterprise customers, translating research into production-ready solutions across hybrid environments. Own technical strategy, collaborate with sales and research, and drive end-to-end deployments from discovery to production launch in a fast-paced startup setting.

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Reflection AI
Reflection AI
8 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Engineer

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Job Summary

Develop and deploy agentic AI systems for enterprise customers, translating research into production-ready solutions across hybrid environments. Own technical strategy, collaborate with sales and research, and drive end-to-end deployments from discovery to production launch in a fast-paced startup setting.
Location: New York, San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with Deployment Strategists and Sales to understand enterprise customer needs, architect solutions, and develop transformative agentic applications.
  • •Build agentic systems using state-of-the-art models, orchestrating LLM workflows, integrating with enterprise infrastructure, and deploying reliable production systems.
  • •Collaborate with research teams to adapt and fine-tune models for customer-specific needs.
  • •Support end-to-end deployments across hybrid environments (public cloud, VPC, and on-premises), helping ensure scalability, performance, and reliability in production.
  • •Contribute to evolving playbooks, processes, and best practices as part of a growing Forward Deployed Engineering organization.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisability Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •Strong software engineering background with experience shipping production-grade systems (Python, Typescript).
  • •Proven track record of deploying enterprise software in cloud or hybrid environments using modern DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD).
  • •Deep understanding of machine learning concepts and hands-on experience with modern AI stacks, including vector databases, RAG pipelines, agent orchestration, evaluations, and fine-tuning.
  • •3+ years of software engineering experience delivering AI-driven enterprise solutions (e.g., Forward Deployed Engineer, Software Engineer, or Applied AI Engineer).
  • •Demonstrated ability and interest to work in customer-facing environments, understanding user needs, architecting solutions for real business problems, and delivering tangible outcomes.
Experience:3+ yearsAiEnterprise softwareMachine learning
Skills:Customer-facingOwnershipCommunicationCollaboration
Tech Stack:PythonTypescriptDockerKubernetesCI/CDVector databasesRAG pipelinesAgent orchestration

Company Brief

Reflection AI
Builds frontier autonomous AI systems focused on autonomous coding agents (product: Asimov) to create organizational superintelligence, founded by former DeepMind/Google researchers and hiring across SF, NYC, London.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2024
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