Forward Deployed AI Engineer

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ABOUT THE ROLE This hands-on engineering role sits at the intersection of AI, product, and customer implementation in the insurance technology sector. You will work with enterprise insurance brokerages to understand their workflows, build AI-powered solutions, and help turn successful implementations into scalable platform capabilities. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own customer engagements from requirements gathering and technical scoping through implementation and deployment. - Build and ship AI agents and workflow automations, often delivering working solutions within the same week as customer conversations. - Work directly with enterprise customers after the sale to understand their business needs and shape practical technical solutions. - Develop across the front end and back end, then incorporate reusable customer learnings into platform features. - Collaborate with product and engineering teammates to make customer-driven improvements that scale across deployments. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Three to six years of software engineering, forward deployed, solutions, implementation, or product engineering experience, with substantial hands-on coding. - Experience scoping and delivering post-sales customer solutions, including the ability to balance customer communication with focused engineering work. - Full-stack proficiency and experience with Python and/or TypeScript. - Startup or software consulting experience, including work at a venture-backed startup at Series A or later. - Experience building or scaling enterprise deployments and shipping multiple product features or automations for large customers. - Strong engineering fundamentals and a relevant degree or equivalent background. - Production experience with AI/ML automations, agentic workflows, or LLM-powered pipelines is a plus, as is experience in insurance or financial services. - Substantive professional experience in the United States. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Annual base salary: $180,000 to $300,000. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site, five days per week in San Francisco, California.