Forward Deployed Engineer, Custom Agents (AI)

TL;DR

Forward Deployed Engineer, Custom Agents (AI): Embeds directly with strategic customers to drive transformational AI adoption within highly regulated industries with an accent on developing innovative solutions that address complex business challenges. Focus on shipping advanced AI applications built on Claude models, ensuring safety and reliability.

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY). Expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

Salary: $280,000 - $400,000 USD

Company

hirify.global’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

What you will do

• Work within customer systems to build production applications with Claude models, ensuring that these products meet customer requirements.
• Deliver technical artifacts for customers like MCP servers, sub-agents, and agent skills that will be used in production workflows.
• Provide white glove deployment support for hirify.global products in highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Identify and codify repeatable deployment patterns and contribute insights back to our Product and Engineering teams.
• Maintain strong knowledge of the latest developments in LLM capabilities, implementation patterns, and AI product development stacks.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in a technical, customer facing role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, or as a Software Engineer with consulting experience.
• Production experience with LLMs including advanced prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale.
• Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python and experience shipping production applications.
• High agency with an ability to navigate ambiguity present in complex organizations.
• High cooperation mindset for cross-organizational collaboration, balancing competing priorities with integrity.
• Passion for advancing safe, beneficial AI systems through creative technical applications.

Nice to have

• A background in financial services, healthcare/life sciences, or another enterprise vertical.
• Experience with enterprise IT systems and/or AI deployment patterns.
• Experience working as an FDE or in a professional services context.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.