Software Engineer

Confidential Opportunity: AI-Native Forward Deployed Engineer

Hybrid in San Francisco, CA

Salary is up to $250,000 + Bonus & Equity

We’re partnering with a high-growth, well-capitalized company redefining how software delivers business outcomes in the age of AI.

This is not another SaaS platform.

The Role: AI-Native Builder (Forward Deployed)

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer impact .

Think early growth engineers — but rebuilt for the AI era.

You’ll work directly with customers and internal teams to:

• Rapidly understand complex workflows and pain points
• Design and ship AI-powered prototypes (5–7 day cycles)
• Turn ambiguous problems into functional, high-impact solutions
• Iterate quickly and feed insights back into the core platform
• Help scale successful solutions into production systems
• ~80% technical.
• ~20% business/customer focused.

This is a role for builders who thrive in ambiguous, high-ownership environments and want to work on problems that matter.

What They’re Looking For

Core Traits

• Exceptional product intuition — you know what actually moves the needle
• Ability to translate messy, real-world problems into working systems quickly
• Strong curiosity and agency — you don’t wait for answers, you find them
• Comfort operating in unstructured, fast-moving environments
• High EQ and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Deep motivation to own outcomes, not just ship code

Technical Mindset

This is an AI-native engineering environment .

• Most code is AI-assisted (e.g., Codex, Claude Code, similar tooling)
• Speed, adaptability, and leverage matter more than specific languages
• You should already be thinking in terms of:
• LLM workflows
• rapid prototyping via AI tooling
• system design for AI-driven products

The strongest candidates aren’t just using AI — they are fundamentally rethinking how software gets built because of it .

Important: This is not a role for engineers just beginning to explore AI.

They’re looking for candidates who have already internalized how AI transforms products and workflows .