Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
Leads complex deployments of AI models for government customers, embedding with stakeholders to build full-stack solutions using Python/JavaScript. Requires 5+ years experience, TS/SCI clearance, cloud/infra expertise, and customer-facing skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own technical delivery across multiple government deployments, from first prototype to stable production.
- Deeply embed with public sector customers to design and build novel applications powered by OpenAI models.
- Enable successful deployments across customer environments by delivering observable systems spanning infrastructure through applications.
- Prototype and build full-stack systems using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks that deliver real mission impact.
- Proactively guide customers on maximizing business and operational value from their applications.
- Forge and manage relationships with customer leadership and stakeholders, ensuring successful deployment and scale.
- Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early—making trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality.
- Contribute directly in the code when clarity or momentum depends on it.
- Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks others can use.
- Share field feedback with Research and Product to influence model and product development.
- Keep teams moving through clarity, judgment, and consistent follow-through.
Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, ideally in customer-facing or government environments.
- Active TS/SCI clearance or equivalent.
- Scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous contexts.
- Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend, using Python, JavaScript, or similar stacks.
- Familiar with cloud deployment models (Azure, AWS), Kubernetes, Terraform, and related infrastructure.
- Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models, and understand how model behavior affects product experience.
- Simplify complexity, make fast, sound decisions under pressure, and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Spot risks early, adjust without slowing down, and model calm judgment when stakes are high.
- Humble, collaborative, and eager to help others with empathy.
- Operate with high horsepower, thrive in dynamic environments, and can ruthlessly prioritize across multiple projects.
Skills
Python, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure, LLMs, Full-Stack, Infrastructure As Code
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