Trusted AI for critical infrastructure to deliver secure, explainable agents across cloud, on-prem, and edge with rapid time to impact.
About the role
As an FDE, your work will directly shape our clients’ missions and create real-world impact. Operating in small, dynamic teams, you’ll take full ownership of high-impact projects from start to finish, including: Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Data Science (advanced degree a plus)
- 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or applied ML, with a track record of building and deploying production systems
- Hands-on expertise with AI/ML and LLM frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, vLLM), including model fine-tuning and agent deployment
- Proven experience designing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade systems that meet enterprise security, compliance, and performance standards
- Strong background in on-premise, private cloud, and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), including experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar), with the ability to learn and adapt quickly
More about this role
Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) work alongside our clients, embedding with their teams to tackle their hardest technical and operational problems. You won’t just design solutions — you’ll deploy AI systems in production, applying large language models, fine-tuning, and agentic workflows to unlock real business value.
With SeekrFlow, our platform for trustworthy, document-grounded, agentic AI, you’ll transform how organizations leverage their data — building solutions that are explainable, scalable, and production-ready. As an FDE, you’ll be on the front lines of AI adoption, shaping how enterprises bring advanced AI into their most critical missions.
As an FDE, your work will directly shape our clients’ missions and create real-world impact. Operating in small, dynamic teams, you’ll take full ownership of high-impact projects from start to finish, including:
- Operationalizing AI PoCs by transforming demos and prototypes into robust, production-grade AI systems.
- Designing and deploying data pipelines and retrieval frameworks that prepare enterprise data for LLM training, fine-tuning, and RAG-based applications.
- Fine-tuning, evaluating, and deploying large language models and...
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