Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Recruiting From Scratch · New York, NY
$125,000–$185,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A forward deployed engineering role at an early-stage AI startup building enterprise software for industries such as construction, manufacturing, and government. The work spans the full stack — backend services, React frontends, data pipelines, and LLM/RAG-based AI workflows — with direct customer engagement from technical discovery through production deployment. Suits engineers with 1–5 years of experience who are comfortable owning projects end-to-end in fast-moving, customer-facing environments.
Mid level · 1+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 12,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7,500–18,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job posting places this role in Brooklyn Heights, NY (hybrid, 3 days/week) with up to 50% travel; per caller instruction, remote=true is set and no metro is recorded.
The title 'Forward Deployed Software Engineer' carries no seniority level word; the title states no level. The 1–5 year experience range and scope of work support a Mid-level classification.
A Bachelor's degree in CS or a related technical field is explicitly stated as required. The GPA preference (3.5+) is framed as 'strongly preferred,' not a hard gate.
Backend services and API design are firmly required by the Technical Requirements section but name no specific language or framework; no skill token is emitted for the generic concept. Python and machine learning are listed under 'What You'll Do' narrative and are not gated in the requirements section — marked preferred.
Data pipelines appear in the Technical Requirements section as 'Familiarity with production data pipelines' — the word 'familiarity' softens this to preferred.
No visa sponsorship is available per the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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