Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Los Altos, California, United States
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- - 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.
Full description
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