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Forward Deployed Engineers (October 2026)

Trellis AI · San Francisco, CA, US · On-site

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About Trellis AI

Accelerate Medication Access with AI. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) at Trellis work directly with healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and diagnostic labs to understand their most pressing operational challenges and implement AI-powered solutions that transform patient care. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Technical Implementation: Architecting and building custom AI workflows, integrating with EHR systems, and developing healthcare-specific data pipelines
  • Customer Collaboration: Working directly with clinical teams, operations managers, and C-suite executives to understand workflows and optimize outcomes
  • Data Engineering: Processing and structuring complex healthcare data, from clinical notes to insurance guidelines to lab results
  • Product Development: Building custom interfaces and tools that seamlessly integrate into existing healthcare workflows
  • Strategic Planning: Establishing implementation roadmaps and success metrics for large-scale healthcare transformation projects
More about this role

We do this by automating document intake, prior authorizations, and appeals at scale to streamline operations and accelerate care.

Trellis is a spinout from Stanford AI lab and is backed by leading investors including YC, General Catalyst, Telesoft partners, and executives at Google and Salesforce.

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) at Trellis work directly with healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and diagnostic labs to understand their most pressing operational challenges and implement AI-powered solutions that transform patient care. Our customers trust Trellis for mission-critical healthcare operations, and projects often start with complex questions like "How do we reduce prior authorization denial rates while accelerating patient access to life-saving treatments?" or "How can we streamline our drug program enrollment process to get patients the medications they need faster?"

  • Be at the forefront of what's possible in AI and Healthcare data.
  • Work on the most important problem of our time—with direct, measurable impact.
  • You will work closely with the F500 customers and the founding team. You will get to wear multiple hats from sales and marketing to...

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