Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Gen AI Engineering · listed August 5, 2025
The shape of it
Seniority
Mid level
Experience asked
2+ years
Where
Hybrid
Stated pay
$179,400 – $224,250 USD
Requirements listed
8
Length
1,079 words
In the posting’s own words
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What it asks for · 8
- At least 2 years of relevant experience is preferred
- Proven track record of shipping high-quality products and features at scale.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a collaborative team.
- Desire to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to turn business and product ideas into engineering solutions.
- Strong coding abilities and the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to adapt quickly to the ever-changing world of generative AI.
- Excited to join a dynamic, hybrid team in either San Francisco or New York City.
Also a plus
- Experience with large-scale data processing and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with machine learning and AI concepts.
- Experience working directly with enterprise customers.
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure.
What the job covers
- Drive Impact: Directly contribute to the advancement of AI by delivering critical data solutions for leading AI innovators and government agencies.
- Customer Collaboration: Interact daily with our technical customers, understanding their unique challenges and translating them into impactful solutions.
- End-to-End Development: Design, build, and deploy features across the entire stack, from front-end interfaces to back-end systems and infrastructure.
- Rapid Experimentation: Deliver high-quality experiments quickly, iterating quickly to meet customer needs and drive innovation.
- Strategic Influence: Play a key role in shaping our engineering culture, values, and processes, contributing to the growth of our team and the evolution of our product.
- Diverse Projects: Engage in a dynamic mix of designing and deploying cutting-edge data solutions, collaborating with leading AI researchers, and directly influencing the product roadmap. You'll work on everything from large-scale system architecture to customer-facing front-end application design.
- Leadership Growth: This role offers a unique opportunity to lead critical projects, shape our engineering culture, and accelerate your career growth in the rapidly evolving field of Generative AI. You'll be positioned to become a future leader in a company defining the next era of technology.
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems
Data
- Experimentation
Models & research
- Machine learning
Product & design
- Roadmap
Words the posting leans on
- customer4×
- experience4×
- product4×
- solutions4×
- directly3×
- dynamic3×
- growth3×
- quickly3×
- systems3×
- technical3×
- concepts2×
- critical2×
- data solutions2×
- design2×
- drive2×
- engineering culture2×
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