Forward Deployed Engineer

Baseten
San Francisco, New York, United States, Toronto, Canada, Montreal
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 275,000 annuallyFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Ownership","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Customer-facing"]

Forward Deployed Engineer who partners with customers to architect, build, and deploy high-scale production AI applications on Baseten’s platform. You’ll own the journey from exploration to production, translating business goals into reliable, observable services with clear quality, latency, and cost outcomes. This role blends engineering, product management, and customer-facing work in a fast-paced environment.

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Baseten
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Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Forward Deployed Engineer who partners with customers to architect, build, and deploy high-scale production AI applications on Baseten’s platform. You’ll own the journey from exploration to production, translating business goals into reliable, observable services with clear quality, latency, and cost outcomes. This role blends engineering, product management, and customer-facing work in a fast-paced environment.
Location: San Francisco, New York, United States, Toronto, Canada, Montreal
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and maintain software systems and product features using one or more general-purpose programming languages in a production-level environment, with a preference for Python.
  • •Drive customer impact by designing, implementing, and deploying Baseten solutions end-to-end (problem framing → evaluation → production deployment → monitoring).
  • •Deliver with velocity: turn vague objectives into clear specs and well-defined PoCs so we can rapidly ship well-tested services and outcomes for our customers
  • •Optimize and enhance AI/ML projects, contributing to the continuous improvement of our technical stack.
  • •Own products and customer projects end-to-end, functioning as both an engineer, project manager, and product manager, with a focus on user empathy, project specification, and end-to-end execution.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 275,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityHealth InsuranceDentalVisionPaid Leave401kParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
  • •1+ years of professional work experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • •Demonstrated experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages in a production-level environment, with a strong preference for Python.
  • •Familiarity with AI/ML pipelines and the lifecycle of ML model development and deployment.
  • •Strong communication skills, particularly on complex technical topics.
Experience:1+ yearsAI/MLML pipelinesStartup environment
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:CommunicationOwnershipProblem-solvingTeamworkCustomer-facing
Tech Stack:PythonML pipelinesAPI

Company Brief

Baseten
Baseten provides an inference-first ML infrastructure platform that lets engineering and ML teams deploy, serve, and scale machine-learning models with optimized performance, autoscaling, and GPU-backed hosting for production AI applications. ([crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/baseten?utm_source=openai))
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2019
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