Forward Deployed Engineer - West Coast

Posted 29 September 2026
LocationNew York
Job type Permanent
Reference35246

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer | AI Startup | NYC

Primis is partnered with a well-funded AI startup building an observability and evaluation platform for AI applications in production.

They're Series D, backed by strong institutional investors, with significant funding behind them and a growing customer base of Fortune 500 enterprises.

They're hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to join a growing Solutions Engineering team and act as a trusted technical advisor to enterprise customers.

What you'll work on:

  • Partner with enterprise ML and GenAI teams to help them understand and improve how their AI performs in production
  • Lead technical discussions with data scientists and engineers, then shift gears to business conversations with directors and executives
  • Advise on GenAI and ML best practices, model evaluation, and production deployment
  • Demo the product to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Feed customer insights back into the product roadmap by working closely with engineering and product teams
  • Identify and drive expansion opportunities within existing accounts

What we're looking for:

  • Background as a Data Scientist, ML Engineer, or Engineer working with ML or GenAI applications in produ ction
  • Hands-on experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Familiarity with ML frameworks and LLM/agentic tooling
  • Solid understanding of the ML lifecycle - feature generation, training, deployment, and real-time scoring
  • Proficiency in Python or another programming language
  • Strong communicator who can make complex technical concepts accessible to any audience
  • Previous customer-facing experience (Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, CSE, Consultant) is a strong plus
  • Remote (West Coast hours) / SF office access

Interested? Apply or message me directly for more info.

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