Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 10, 2026.
About the Role
Join an early engineering team building AI agents for manufacturing procurement and supply chain operations. You will work directly with customers to turn operational challenges into production systems, while helping establish a repeatable deployment approach.
What You'll Do
Build relationships with customer IT, supply chain, and procurement teams to discover and scope new workflows.
Develop and ship production code in enterprise customer environments, extending the platform in ways that can serve the broader customer base.
Lead technical deployments from discovery through go-live and take ownership of operational outcomes.
Travel to manufacturing facilities, including international travel, to work alongside operators and support deployments.
Share customer insights with platform engineers to improve deployment speed and reliability.
What We're Looking For
One to five years of customer-facing full-stack or forward-deployed engineering experience, with the ability to ship production code independently.
Experience scoping end-to-end workflow or automation deployments, gathering requirements, and delivering solutions to production.
Strong skills with Python or similar languages, SQL, APIs, and enterprise data; familiarity with ERP systems, LLMs, AI agents, or supply chain platforms is useful.
Clear communication, sound technical judgment, and comfort translating ambiguous customer problems into practical solutions.
Ability to work directly with customers, identify additional use cases, and operate in an early-stage environment with limited process.
Exposure to manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain environments and strong computer science fundamentals.
Comfort with approximately 15 to 30 percent travel, including travel to Europe and Asia. Must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $175,000 to $255,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, five days per week.