Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - AI Engineer

Reflection AI
New York, San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Python","Typescript","Docker","Kubernetes","CI/CD","LLM","Vector databases","RAG pipelines","Agent orchestration","Evaluation"]

Technical lead for the Forward Deployed Engineering function, owning end-to-end strategy, execution, and delivery of complex agentic applications from pre-sales discovery to production deployment. Lead architecting and deploying agentic systems, collaborating with research, deployment strategists, and sales to scale AI solutions across hybrid environments in enterprise settings.

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Reflection AI
Reflection AI
3 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - AI Engineer

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Job Summary

Technical lead for the Forward Deployed Engineering function, owning end-to-end strategy, execution, and delivery of complex agentic applications from pre-sales discovery to production deployment. Lead architecting and deploying agentic systems, collaborating with research, deployment strategists, and sales to scale AI solutions across hybrid environments in enterprise settings.
Location: New York, San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with Deployment Strategists and Sales to understand enterprise customer needs, architect solutions, and develop transformative agentic applications.
  • •Architect and build complex agentic systems using state-of-the-art models, orchestrating sophisticated LLM workflows and integrating deeply with enterprise infrastructure.
  • •Collaborate with research teams to adapt and fine-tune models for customer-specific needs, contributing to our internal codebase for inference, fine-tuning, and evaluation.
  • •Own end-to-end deployments across hybrid environments (public cloud, VPC, and on-premises), ensuring production-grade scalability, performance, and reliability.
  • •Shape and scale the Forward Deployed Engineering organization by defining playbooks, best practices, technical standards, and mentorship to support team growth.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceParental LeaveRelocationPaid LeaveEquityMeal AllowanceDinner

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership capacity delivering AI-driven enterprise solutions (e.g., Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Tech Lead, or Engineering Manager)
  • •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
  • •Demonstrated ability to work in customer-facing environments, understanding user needs, architecting solutions for real business problems, and delivering tangible outcomes
Experience:6+ yearsAIEnterprise software
Skills:PythonTypescriptDockerKubernetesCI/CDLLMVector databasesRAG pipelinesAgent orchestrationEvaluation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonTypescriptDockerKubernetesCI/CDLLMVector databasesRAG pipelinesAgent orchestrationEvaluation

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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