Forward Deployed Engineer
$120k - $140kDavid Joseph & Company
Job Description
Job Description
Chicago, IL & DMV area (DC / Maryland / Virginia) · On-site with travel to customer sites · Full-time
Compensation: $120K–$140K + equity
About the CompanyOur client is a Series A startup building proprietary, enterprise-grade AI systems that their customers own outright, deployed across mission-critical industries such as manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, life sciences, and defense. Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, they are a small, high-caliber team scaling quickly as demand for their technology grows, with early hires taking on real ownership and direct customer impact.
Founded 2023 · ~20 people · Industry: AI, Enterprise, Manufacturing, Logistics, Defense, Life Sciences
The RoleAs a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work hand in hand with customers to understand their hardest operational problems and build AI-powered solutions that solve them. You will own projects end to end inside small, fast-moving teams, from first conversation through live deployment.
What you'll be doing
- Partnering directly with customers to quickly get to the root of their toughest operational challenges
- Owning high-stakes projects end to end within small, agile teams
- Traveling to customer sites to drive successful implementation and adoption
Tech stack: Python, C++, TypeScript, JavaScript, AI/ML, React
Requirements- Hands-on experience personally owning technical deployments from start to finish as a software or forward-deployed engineer
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly to customer sites
- Roughly 0 to 3 years of experience in software or forward-deployed engineering
- Solid working proficiency with Python on the backend and React on the frontend
- Direct customer- or client-facing technical experience
- A strong internship track record if you are a recent graduate
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field
- Authorized to work in the US (this client is unable to offer visa sponsorship)
- Time spent at an early-stage startup, or experience as a founder
- Exposure to manufacturing, distribution, or supply chain
- Join a well-funded, fast-growing team where early hires get outsized ownership and direct customer impact
- Backed by top-tier investors, with a small team of engineers from leading programs
- Build custom, high-impact AI in mission-critical industries rather than maintaining legacy systems
- Location: Chicago, IL & DMV area (DC / Maryland / Virginia)
- Work policy: On-site with customers; travel to customer sites expected
- Compensation: $120K–$140K + equity
- Visa sponsorship: Not available, must be authorized to work in the US
- Employment type: Full-time
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