- Raydar
- Los Altos, CA
- Full-Time
- 16 days ago
- $130,000–$170,000 / year
Forward Deployed Engineer.
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Forward Deployed Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for an early-career engineer implementing software for public-sector customers at a software company.
- The Person:The person will onboard government customers' content, configure services in a regulated cloud environment, build requested front-end and backend features, and explain AI concepts to customer stakeholders.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has Python and TypeScript programming skills, experience shipping LLM or agent-based systems in production, and hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead hands-on implementation of software solutions for public sector customers, combining production coding with direct customer engagement and cross-team coordination. The role suits an early-career engineer who enjoys translating technical ideas for non-technical audiences.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary implementation lead for government customers, onboarding their content into the platform.
- Manage configuration and service orchestration securely within a regulated government cloud environment.
- Build customer-requested features across front-end and backend, including UI changes, data tables and file handling.
- Host customer meetings and walk senior stakeholders through AI concepts in accessible terms.
- Balance your week across development work, customer engagement and internal coordination, with development taking the largest share.
- Travel to customer sites in the Washington, DC area, with travel costs covered.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 1 to 3 years of engineering experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.
- Strong programming skills in Python and TypeScript, with comfort spending about half the time on focused coding.
- Experience shipping LLM or agent-based systems in production.
- Hands-on experience with a major cloud AI platform such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
- Experience deploying software in government or regulated environments.
- Clear communication and ease talking with customers.
- Ability to work on-site five days a week.
Bonus points
- Experience in a fast-paced, zero-to-one environment.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 130,000 to 170,000 per year
- Equity
- Relocation support
Location and work model
- Los Altos, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
- Travel to the DC area expected