Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Enterprise Engineering · listed May 15, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Staff
Experience asked
8+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$252,000 – $315,000 USD
Requirements listed
6
Length
1,476 words

In the posting’s own words

As a Staff Frontier Agent Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) , you'll work directly with strategic enterprise customers to architect, integrate, deploy, and operate production AI systems. You'll combine modern software engineering, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and frontier AI technologies to transform cutting-edge models into reliable enterprise software.

What it asks for · 6

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals in distributed systems, data structures, algorithms, and system design.
  • Strong Python programming skills with experience building production software.
  • Experience building or deploying AI-powered applications using modern LLM APIs, agent frameworks, MCP, retrieval systems, or vector databases.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern production infrastructure.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguous technical requirements and rapidly iterate toward production solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work directly with enterprise engineering teams.

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra
  • Distributed systems4×
  • Observability4×
  • CI/CD2×
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
Models & research
  • LLM4×
  • Machine learning
Data
  • Experimentation
Languages
  • Python
Product & design
  • Prototyping
Security & compliance
  • Security
Ways of working
  • Testing

Words the posting leans on

  • systems34×
  • production26×
  • enterprise22×
  • agent16×
  • engineering15×
  • customer14×
  • experience13×
  • architectures11×
  • infrastructure11×
  • software11×
  • frameworks8×
  • platform8×
  • production systems8×
  • engineers7×
  • evaluation7×
  • frontier7×

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