Forward Deployed Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 15, 2026.
About the Role
Join a growing forward-deployed engineering team building and deploying multimodal, agentic AI systems for insurance claims workflows. You will own customer deployments from initial scoping through go-live, while shaping the product based on real-world results.
What You'll Do
Lead customer deployments end to end and serve as the primary technical contact for senior stakeholders.
Build trusted customer relationships, understand business challenges, and align priorities for AI adoption.
Design, build, and iterate on AI agents using prompt engineering, model integration, and rapid prototyping.
Develop features that help customers scale while improving claims outcomes.
Integrate the product with customer APIs and systems in collaboration with their technical teams.
Coordinate delivery with the core platform team and share actionable production insights.
Document effective practices in internal playbooks to help scale forward-deployed engineering.
What We're Looking For
At least 2 years of experience in forward-deployed or customer-facing engineering, founding engineering, or software engineering with substantial customer interaction.
Hands-on experience with Python, APIs, cloud platforms, LLMs, prompt engineering, and agentic AI systems.
Experience using AI-assisted development workflows in day-to-day engineering.
Demonstrated ability to manage customer relationships, own deployments, and work directly with client technical teams.
Experience with modern AI/ML tools and third-party system integrations; insurance or claims experience is relevant.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $165,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, United States.