Forward Deployed Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026.
About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Work hands-on with business teams across several operating companies to understand their workflows and deliver AI-driven software into live use. Own delivery from discovery through launch and ongoing tuning, and serve as the main technical contact for business leaders.
What you'll do
- Embed with operating businesses to learn how they work and identify the few workflows where automation will have the most impact.
- Build integrations, prompts, evaluation tooling and user interfaces to launch a first automated workflow at each business.
- Run and tune deployed systems after launch, adjusting levels of autonomy and handing off cleanly to the business team once stable.
- Act as the trusted technical point of contact for senior business leaders, setting expectations and building confidence.
- Capture lessons learned and turn them into reusable playbooks that speed up future deployments.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Roughly 3 to 6 years of engineering experience, with full-stack ability to own delivery end to end independently.
- Proficiency in TypeScript or Python, React and SQL.
- Experience shipping production LLM or agent-based software to external users, including evaluation, autonomy controls and outcome tracking.
- A background working directly alongside customers or inside client teams as an engineer.
- Strong tenure at a recognized early-stage or high-growth startup.
- Hands-on use of AI dev tools and agents to automate manual work.
- Strong executive presence and polished communication with senior business leaders.
- Sound business instincts and the ability to shape open-ended business needs into well-defined engineering work.
- Comfort travelling to client sites 2 to 3 days per week.
- For candidates with under 2 years of experience, a technical degree from a top university.
Bonus points
- Programming experience in Go and TypeScript.
- Exposure to private equity, consulting or software operator environments.
- Background as a founder or founding engineer.
- Big Tech experience, particularly for new graduates.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: CAD 180,000 to 260,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
Location and work model
- Toronto, Canada
- Hybrid: minimum 3 days per week in office (4 preferred)
- Domestic travel 2 to 3 days per week
- Full-time