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We support labs, engineers and enterprises to understand AI capabilities and make critical decisions about their AI strategies. We are the go-to authority for understanding AI, from AI labs and enterprises to media, investors, and policymakers. Our benchmarks don’t just measure the cutting edge of AI, they are actively shaping the frontier.\nOur benchmarks and analysis are trusted by hundreds of thousands of users and are the go-to reference for leading AI labs including OpenAI, Google, Meta, NVIDIA and Anthropic, and major publications including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, the Financial Times and The Economist.\nWe are a team of 40+, on track to double by end of year, backed by Nat Friedman (GitHub, Meta), Daniel Gross (SSI, Meta), Andrew Ng (Google Brain, DeepLearning.ai, Amazon), Adam D’Angelo (Quora, Poe, OpenAI), Clem Delangue (Hugging Face) and other industry leaders.\nThe Opportunity\nArtificial Analysis maintains one of the most comprehensive language model benchmarking suites in the industry, evaluating frontier models across quality, speed, and pricing for the AI labs and enterprises that rely on our data.\nWe’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to own the day-to-day operation of our language model benchmarking stack and act as the technical face of Artificial Analysis to the industry’s most important labs. 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It is about running a sophisticated stack exceptionally well, consistently and reliably, while being the trusted engineer our customers ask for by name.\nWhat You’ll Do\nOperate and maintain our Python-based language model benchmarking pipeline end-to-end: onboard new models, configure evaluations, execute benchmark runs, and validate results\nDebug issues across the stack, from API endpoint timeouts and errors to unexpected benchmark outputs, and resolve them quickly\nServe as the primary technical contact for AI lab customers: communicate benchmarking results clearly, explain methodology, field technical questions, and troubleshoot integration issues via Slack and video conferencing\nMonitor benchmark runs for anomalies, investigate discrepancies, and ensure the accuracy and integrity of published results\nMaintain documentation of processes, known issues, and model-specific configurations\nCollaborate with the engineering team to flag pipeline improvements and contribute to process refinements\nStay current with new model releases, API changes, and developments across the language model ecosystem\nWhat We’re Looking For\nRequired:\n3+ years of experience in a client-facing technical role - solutions engineering, support engineering, technical consulting, or similar (companies like Stripe, Vercel, Cloudflare, Datadog, Palantir, Accenture, or comparable)\nStrong Python proficiency and comfort working with complex codebases you didn’t write\nHands-on experience working with AI/ML model APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, etc.)\nExcellent debugging skills; you can trace issues across APIs, data pipelines, and code\nStrong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical stakeholders\nHighly responsive and reliable; you take ownership of customer issues and follow through\nComfortable with operational, repeatable work; you find satisfaction in running things exceptionally well\nHigh attention to detail and calm under pressure\nNice to have (not required):\nExperience with AI evaluation, benchmarking, or testing methodologies\nFamiliarity with LLM inference infrastructure (tokenization, latency measurement, throughput metrics)\nExperience working in or with AI labs or model providers\nBackground in B2B SaaS or developer tools\nWhy Artificial Analysis?\nShape how AI gets built: The leading AI labs track our benchmarks and use them to guide their development priorities. 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