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About the role
Embed with business line teams to understand their workflows firsthand. Rapidly prototype and ship internal tools, integrations, and AI-powered features.
What they're looking for
- A builder with 0–2 years of engineering experience, hungry to learn fast in a high-ownership environment
- Energized by ambiguity and comfortable working directly with non-technical stakeholders
- Scrappy — you'd rather ship a rough version today than a polished one next month
- Curious about AI and LLM tooling and eager to apply it to real problems
- A strong communicator who can explain technical tradeoffs simply
- Low ego, coachable, and outcome-driven
More about this role
New York, NY, USA
(Hybrid work – required to be in office 2–3 days/week)
At Interplay, we invest, coach, and cofound companies. We're building a next-generation AI operations platform designed to transform how our firm and portfolio companies operate. We're looking for a Junior Forward Deployed Engineer to embed directly with our business lines (Ventures, Accelerator, Studio, and Ascend) and translate real operational needs into working software, fast. You'll sit next to the end user, ship quickly, and iterate in the room rather than over a spec doc.
Embed with business line teams to understand their workflows firsthand.
Rapidly prototype and ship internal tools, integrations, and AI-powered features.
Translate ambiguous, real-world problems into scoped technical solutions.
Write production code across frontend, backend, and APIs.
Integrate LLM-powered automation into day-to-day workflows.
Demo early, gather feedback in person, and ship again.
Document what you build and hand off durable solutions as needs stabilize.
A builder with 0–2 years of engineering experience, hungry to learn fast in a high-ownership environment.
Energized by ambiguity and comfortable working directly with...
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