Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Engineer
Reflection AI · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
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At a glance
Highlights
- Own agentic systems from initial customer discovery through production launch.
- Translate cutting-edge AI research into high-impact real-world applications.
- Build open models that let anyone control and shape future intelligence.
What they offer
- Top-tier salary and equity with stock options
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and wellness allowance
- Lunch and dinner provided in the office daily
- 22 weeks paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO in the U.S. and 30 days in the U.K.
- Regular off-sites, happy hours and team celebrations
Ideal candidate
High-agency, customer-obsessed builder who loves turning AI research into real enterprise impact. Thrives in fast-moving startups and owning delivery from discovery to production.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering background shipping production-grade systems (Python, Typescript)
- Proven track record deploying enterprise software in cloud or hybrid environments with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD
- Deep understanding of ML and hands-on experience with vector databases, RAG pipelines, agent orchestration, evaluations and fine-tuning
- 3+ years delivering AI-driven enterprise solutions as Forward Deployed, Software or Applied AI Engineer
- Ability and interest to work customer-facing, architecting solutions for real business problems
- Self-starter with high agency excelling in fast-paced startup environments
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available
Lab profile
About Reflection AI
Research lab making intelligence open and accessible for everyone to use, customize, and build on.
What they build
- Open foundation models
- Aligned general agents
- Enterprise AI deployments
Known for
- Frontier model pre-training
- Post-training and alignment
- Distributed training infrastructure
- Secure cloud platform foundations