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Forward Deployed Engineer

ConductorAI

ConductorAI

Software Engineering
Washington, DC, USA · Oregon, USA · Washington, DC, USA · Portland, OR, USA
USD 140k-180k / year + Equity
Posted 6+ months ago
Forward Deployed Engineer
Washington DC Area • New York • Greater Portland (Maine) Area
Engineering
Remote • Hybrid
Full-time
Position Overview
As an forward deployed engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in developing our core technology alongside mission users with a need to accelerate their processes. We are seeking an engineer with a generalist skillset and attitude, diverse technical background, and a willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job. You’ll be working on a small tight knit technical team, with the opportunity to help define and mature our architecture and processes as we grow.
Key Responsibilities
  • Forward Deployed Engineering: Working closely with our C-suite and Customer Strategists to ensure our software addresses critical customer needs
  • System Design: Help design the architecture of a system with multiple AI models, a set of backend APIs, and a frontend web application.
  • System Implementation: Write code within a small team, being able to strike a reasonable balance between velocity and writing maintainable code.
  • System Deployment: Help create a deployment pipeline flexible enough to deploy our code into both commercial infrastructure (AWS, Azure, etc.) and government networks (NIPR, SIPR, etc.).
  • Product Development: Work with users and other team members to help define and refine product requirements, and translate them into a roadmap and code.
  • Strategy and Culture: As a core member of our team, contribute to company strategy, nurture and shape our budding culture, and take on diverse responsibilities as we evolve.
Qualifications
  • US citizen and able to pass background check
  • Be eligible for a US DoD security clearance (more here)
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Proactive mindset, with a knack for identifying opportunities and taking initiative and ownership
  • Experience with NLP problems and toolsets
  • Experience with system design
  • Experience interacting with end-users
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity principles/best practices
  • Proficiency in python and typescript
  • Experience with LLMs and especially open source LLMs is a plus
What We Offer
  • The ability to have real impact
  • The chance to use state-of-the-art tech to solve novel problems with mission partners
  • The opportunity to define your role through time as we grow
  • A flexible, remote work environment, with a focus on the East Coast
  • Competitive salary and equity upside
  • Comprehensive health care, unlimited PTO, 401k,
  • Reimbursement for home internet and cell phone up to $150/month
  • Four months parental leave for birthing parent, three months for non-birthing
  • $100/month wellness stipend
  • Quarterly in-person meetups
  • WeWork membership
The base salary range for this role is between $140K-$180k with the opportunity for significant equity, commensurate with a seed stage opportunity. However, this is just an estimate - starting pay will be based on a number of factors, including qualifications & experience.
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