Founding AI Frontline Engineer: Deploy & Optimize Hotel Ops
Lance (YC W26)
A pioneering tech company is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to launch and manage AI systems in hotels across the U.S. This role involves real-time system deployment, debugging under pressure, and frequent travel. Ideal candidates are strong engineers comfortable with real-world challenges and ready to engage with customers directly. Experience in operating in ambiguous circumstances will set you up for success. This is an operational role that drives revenue and influences product development. #J-18808-Ljbffr Lance (YC W26)
- ...Founding AI Engineer / Member of Technical Staff Unlock New Career Opportunities with SA Technologies... ...and prototyping through production deployment. The ideal candidate combines strong... ...backend technologies. Build and optimize LLM-powered applications, agents, RAG/...Suggested
$120k - $200k
Our client, an AI-driven legal tech company, is hiring a Founding AI Engineer to join the team in San Francisco, CA. The successful... ...candidate will design and deploy production-grade LLM systems... ...prompt engineering, retrieval optimization, context management and tool integration...SuggestedFull time$175k - $225k
...Our client is an early-stage AI lab building foundation... ...product and the culture. Founded 2024 · ~5 people · Industry... ...client is hiring a founding engineer to help build production-ready... ...to model evaluation, optimization, and deployment for real-world latency and...SuggestedFull timeH1bRelocationVisa sponsorship- ...the physical, repetitive work that keeps hotels running, starting with housekeeping and... ...expanding range of physical work. Founded in San Francisco, Kovari is obsessed with rapid iteration, engineering rigor, and deploying real machines into real environments. The...SuggestedFull timeRemote work
- ...training and scaling security AI agents to discover zero-... ...open source software. Our founding team includes deep expertise... ...We're looking for a Forward Deployed Security Engineer to work directly with... ...scoping to implementation and optimization Travel to customer sites as...SuggestedWork at officeRelocation
- ...want to work at the intersection of AI, product, engineering, and real -world operations? \ \ Join... ...building intelligent systems that optimize workflows, improve efficiency and implement... ...training \ Convert learnings from deployments into scalable product improvements...Full timeImmediate start
- ...Who we are: Cooper is an AI coworker for the insurance industry. Getting a business... ...About the role: We're hiring the Founding Engineering team for a new hyper-growth AI business... ...map out complex customer workflows and deploy end to end custom builds. Strong communication...Full time
- ...About the role We’re seeking an experienced engineer to deploy enterprise-grade AI solutions, focusing on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines... ...solutions for emerging needs. Responsibilities: Optimize and support solutions within strategic accounts on the...Full time
- ...Citizen Health was founded on the belief — shaped... ...combining data, AI, and community, Citizen... .../Machine Learning Engineers to lead the development and deployment of cutting-edge AI... ...Develop and optimize agentic Large Language... ...Experience with ML ops tools and best practices...Full timeFlexible hours
$152.9k - $210.16k
AI Engineer - FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) (ALL LEVELS)CSQ327R177MissionThe AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team is a highly specialized... ...-grade GenAI applications, including evaluation and optimizations Extensive years of hands-on industry data science experience...InternshipLocal areaRemote workWorldwide$146.4k - $185k
...leading enterprises orchestrate AI-powered work. Our vision is to... ...and Vanguard are building and deploying AI agents that are grounded in... ...in enterprise generative AI.Founded in 2020 with office hubs in San... ...About the roleAs a deployment engineer at WRITER, you'll be at the...Full timeWork at officeLocal area$225k - $255k
...a small, product-focused team building an AI-powered B2B pricing platform that helps companies continuously optimize their pricing strategies - from packaging design... ...guidance and discount governance. As our Founding AI Engineer , you'll own the evaluation systems,...Relocation- ...Fulcrum Software Engineer Opportunity The $1.5 trillion insurance... ...manually. We're building an AI platform to automate this insurance... ...base salary plus meaningful founding-team equity. About the Role We're seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to work...Work experience placementWork at officeImmediate startRelocation
- ...Founding AI Engineer Weave (YC W25) is building the definitive platform for understanding and improving how engineering teams work. We believe... ...vanity metrics or surveillance Our goal is not to optimize for "more output," but for better engineering. The Team You...
$230k - $300k
...success for both clients and candidates. Title of Role: Founding AI Engineer (Agentic Systems / Full-Stack) Location: San Francisco,... ...) Own product surfaces from concept to production deployment Help define engineering standards, architecture, and team...Work at officeImmediate start3 days per week- ...Applied AI Engineer Atlas is the concierge and credit card built... ...with an AI-powered travel and hotel concierge used by some of... ...similar) ~3+ years experience deploying and scaling cloud-based... ...Redis, vector DBs) ~ Strong optimization skills, especially for low-latency...Work at office3 days per week
$120k - $180k
...Description Job Description About the Role This is a founding engineering role at a seed-stage AI startup building the intelligence layer for the... ...user feedback and real production data. Build and deploy end-to-end AI systems that operate reliably on noisy,...Full timeWork at officeRelocation$160k - $210k
...Description Job Description Mason AI is on the frontier of agentic AI for the... ...buildable and safe. We’re looking for a Founding AI Engineer to improve Mason's accuracy on our... ...will go deep on the cutting edge of optimizing multimodal AI agents. We have similar technical...Full timeWork at officeFlexible hoursWeekend workWeekday work$120k - $180k
...Job Description About the Role This is a founding engineering position at an early-stage construction technology startup building an AI intelligence layer that transforms messy... ...feedback and real-world data. Build and deploy production AI systems that handle noisy, heterogeneous...Full timeWork at officeRelocation$120k - $180k
...Description Job Description About the Role This is a founding AI engineering role at a seed-stage construction technology company building... ...based on user feedback and real-world data. Build and deploy production AI systems that operate on noisy, heterogeneous...Full timeWork at officeRemote workRelocation$160k - $200k
...the Company A seed-stage company (founded 2025) on the frontier of agentic AI for the built world, building the... ...very few places in tech where an engineer can work directly on housing, and... ...week talking to users (not a forward-deployed role). Expectations are high:...Full timeVisa sponsorshipWeekend work- ...Health, based in San Francisco, is seeking exceptional founding engineers to work on pioneering AI agents that autonomously recruit and retain patients... ...agents across numerous trials and training ML models to optimize recruitment processes. This is an exciting opportunity...
$170k - $250k
Aionia Group, an early-stage AI startup in San Francisco, seeks a full-stack or product engineer to lead end-to-end product development. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and healthcare operational experience. The ideal candidate has 1-8 years in engineering...- A healthcare AI startup is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy custom AI solutions in dental practices. This entry-level role combines engineering... ...deployments. You will work directly with customers to optimize AI products and drive solutions for seamless patient...
- ...Middleware — one of the fastest-growing AI observability platforms — we're looking for a talented and experienced AI/ML founding engineer to join our team. You'll play a key role... ..., you’ll be able to design, develop, and deploy intelligent solutions that take action where...
- JLL is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to operate at the frontline of innovation, embedded with product and engineering teams to rapidly design, prototype, and deploy AI-enabled solutions. You will deliver working prototypes in days, not months, while upholding enterprise...
$120k - $200k
...5‑2% Equity + Flexible PTO Are you an AI engineer who wants to build and own the core agentic... ...benefiting from full autonomy and founding‑level equity? This is a rare opportunity... ...by applying lessons learned from each deployment. You’ll report directly to the founding...Full timeImmediate startFlexible hours$150k - $225k
...operating system for modern families. Most AI tools are designed for work life, but... .... The Role We’re looking for an Founding AI Engineer to design, build, and scale the intelligence... ...projects Familiarity with prompt optimization, tool calling, and agentic workflows Experience...Full timeWork from homeFlexible hours- **Location: United States (Remote/Hybrid Available)** We are looking for an experienced **AI Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)** to design, deploy, and optimize production-grade Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI solutions for enterprise customers. In...Remote workFlexible hours
- ...About Origin Origin is building Physical AI for the built world - starting with... ...construction job site. Our robots are already deployed on live sites in New York City, helping... ...finishing quality before deployment. Optimize models for edge: TensorRT compilation, latency...
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