Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco
- Salary
- $160,000 - $250,000 annually
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · San Francisco
- Visa
- Sponsors visas
Open. First seen 28 October 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Join a team building AI-powered automation for complex enterprise workflows. You will partner closely with customers to understand critical business processes and deliver reliable software solutions, from discovery through production rollout.
What You'll Do
- Break down complex customer processes into precise, actionable steps.
- Build robust automations using an AI-based programming language.
- Architect and implement reliable solutions that can scale.
- Work with customers to refine implementations and support adoption.
- Scale deployments from initial pilots to full production use.
- Document deployment practices and improve how future customer solutions are delivered.
What We're Looking For
- Two to eight years of software engineering experience, with strong engineering fundamentals.
- Experience shipping a full-stack application end to end, including writing code regularly in customer-facing engineering or solutions roles.
- Forward deployed engineering experience that combines hands-on software development with customer partnership.
- Experience working in fast-paced environments, including at a startup or in a role beyond large technology companies.
- Strong interpersonal skills and extensive customer interaction experience.
- A record of ownership, initiative, and delivering business outcomes, with the ability to work across engineering and functions such as product, sales, or growth.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $160,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California.
The team: Client Roles
This role is one of 105 open in Client Roles. 105 were posted in the last 30 days, including 5 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (56 of 105), TypeScript (43 of 105), LLM (37 of 105), React (37 of 105), Machine Learning (24 of 105), JavaScript (23 of 105), AWS (22 of 105)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Product Manager, Product Growth posted Oct 28
- Product Manager, AI Platform posted Oct 28
- Machine Learning Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Solutions Engineer, Digital Native and Mid-Market posted Oct 28
- Founding Product Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Product Manager posted Oct 28
- Mechanical Design Engineer posted Oct 28
- Member of Technical Staff, Agent Platform posted Oct 28
- Senior Security Engineer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer, Infrastructure posted Oct 28
- Senior Software Engineer, Core Systems posted Oct 28
- Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Tactical Edge posted Oct 28
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer, RL Environments posted Oct 28
- Founding Backend & Infrastructure Engineer posted Oct 28
- Solutions Engineer posted Oct 28
- Product Engineer, Scraping posted Oct 28
- Senior Software Engineer, Customer Studio Backend posted Oct 28
- Founding Reinforcement Learning Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Quantitative Developer posted Oct 28
- Principal Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Engineering Manager posted Oct 28
- Member of Technical Staff posted Oct 28
- Founding Product Engineer posted Oct 28
- Fullstack Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding ML Researcher posted Oct 28
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 28
- Frontend Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer, iOS posted Oct 28
- Forward Deployed AI Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Platform Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer (Full Stack) posted Oct 28
- Founding Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Operate posted Oct 28
- Product Manager, Supply Chain posted Oct 28
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding AI Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Full Stack Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Product Engineer, Mid-Senior posted Oct 28
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 28
- Member of Technical Staff, Compiler posted Oct 28
- AI Scheduler posted Oct 28
- Mid/Senior Full Stack AI Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding Backend Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Director of Engineering posted Oct 28
- Founding Senior Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Engineering Manager posted Oct 28
- Full-Stack Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer, Security posted Oct 28
- Founding Product Designer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer, Edge AI Systems posted Oct 28
- Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems (Core) posted Oct 28
- Product Engineer posted Oct 28
- Agent Deployment Engineer posted Oct 28
- Backend Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Technical Product Manager posted Oct 28
- Engineering Manager, Agents posted Oct 28
- Security Lead posted Oct 28
- Founding Fullstack Engineer posted Oct 28
- Lead Platform Engineer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Applied AI posted Oct 28
- Lead Software Engineer, Platform posted Oct 28
- Applied AI Engineer posted Oct 28
- Software Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior Control Electronics Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding Member of Technical Staff, Markets posted Oct 28
- Founding AI Agent Engineer posted Oct 28
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure posted Oct 28
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 28
- Electrical & Computer Engineer posted Oct 28
- Founding Product Designer posted Oct 28
- Data Engineer, Data Product posted Oct 27
- Member of Technical Staff, Full Stack posted Oct 27
- Electrical Engineer posted Oct 27
- Software Engineer posted Oct 27
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 27
- Lead Platform Engineer posted Oct 27
- Staff Product Manager posted Oct 27
- Founding PLM Solutions Engineer posted Oct 27
- Backend Infrastructure Engineer, Anti-Bot posted Oct 27
- Principal Software Engineer, Perception posted Oct 27
- Senior Software Engineer, Design posted Oct 27
- Founding Software Engineer posted Oct 27
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 27
- Software Engineer posted Oct 27
- Technical Product Manager posted Oct 27
- Design Engineer posted Oct 27
- Chief Product Officer posted Oct 27
- Research Crawling Engineer posted Oct 27
- Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure posted Oct 27
- Lead Product Engineer posted Oct 27
- Member of Technical Staff, ML Systems posted Oct 27
- Product Lead posted Oct 27
- Engineering Lead posted Oct 27
- Forward Deployed Product Manager posted Oct 27
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer posted Oct 27
- Senior Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 24
- Software Engineer, AI Agents posted Oct 24
- Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 23
From the team and dates on True Talent Solutions Partners's own job board.
Posting history
Reposted once since 25 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.
- 28 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 25 October 2026 – closed 26 October 2026
Salary context
210 other open postings titled Forward Deployed Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 220,000 a year.
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