Forward Deployed Engineer
Raydar
Forward Deployed Engineer
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-13
Salary: USD 160,000–245,000
Workplace: on_site
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Partner directly with large business clients to put AI-driven software into live use, from the final sales stages through production rollout. The work blends hands-on engineering with ownership of the client relationship, including connecting the product to client systems and measuring its quality.
What you'll do
- Spend time on site with end users to spot weaknesses in their processes and documentation, then organize that knowledge so AI systems can use it.
- Build quick, pragmatic connectors and retrieval pipelines linking the product to clients' business software.
- Create tailored evaluation methods for each client segment from limited real-world data, and work with engineering to raise model quality.
- Manage the full client journey, covering late-stage demonstrations, onboarding, expansion across multiple locations and continued support.
- Pass field feedback and feature ideas to the product team, and guide change management inside large, established organizations.
What we're looking for
- Background in building system connectors and data flows, such as APIs, webhooks or ETL across several platforms, or retrieval-based AI for business use.
- A technical degree or an equivalent record of shipping and deploying software; a strong school or strong prior employer is the usual expectation, otherwise very strong, verifiable results in relevant past work.
- Experience delivering software directly to clients in large, asset-heavy or regulated sectors.
- Experience adding LLM or retrieval features to a client workflow and creating evals to measure the outcome.
- Familiarity with integrating ITSM, ERP, field-service and maintenance platforms.
- A track record of taking deployments from pilot to production and producing results clients can measure.
- Hands-on experience personally building and shipping agentic or retrieval-based AI features.
- Willingness to travel domestically about 25% of the time.
- Roughly 1 to 5 years of relevant experience.
Bonus points
- Prior experience on an early-stage or founding team responsible for deployment or sales.
- Past startup founder experience with commercial traction.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 160,000 to 245,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in the office when not traveling
- Full-time
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Raydar is an AI-powered talent acquisition firm that serves tech-focused organizations on a contingency basis, charging client companies only after a successful hire. It uses proprietary AI to identify a large pool of candidates and conducts a short 15-minute AI-driven interview (recorded and transcribed) before human recruiters review materials, provide interview prep, and assist with offers and negotiations. What sets it apart is the blend of automated sourcing and screening with hands-on human oversight and tailored client support. Its goal is to help organizations hire more efficiently by speeding up sourcing while maintaining thorough evaluation and negotiation assistance.
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