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Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Engineer

Reflection· Commercial
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New York, NY, San Francisco, CAFull-timePosted 9mo ago

About the role

Reflection is a research lab building open models and making intelligence open and accessible. The Forward Deployed Engineer will drive enterprise-focused applied AI initiatives, owning the technical strategy and delivery of agentic systems from discovery to production launch for enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Deployment Strategists and Sales to understand enterprise customer needs, architect solutions, and develop transformative agentic applications.
  • Build agentic systems using state-of-the-art models, orchestrating LLM workflows, integrating with enterprise infrastructure, and deploying reliable production systems.
  • Collaborate with research teams to adapt and fine-tune models for customer-specific needs.
  • Support end-to-end deployments across hybrid environments (public cloud, VPC, and on-premises), helping ensure scalability, performance, and reliability in production.
  • Contribute to evolving playbooks, processes, and best practices as part of a growing Forward Deployed Engineering organization.

Qualifications

  • Strong software engineering background with experience shipping production-grade systems (Python, Typescript)
  • Proven track record of deploying enterprise software in cloud or hybrid environments using modern DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD)
  • Deep understanding of machine learning concepts and hands-on experience with modern AI stacks, including vector databases, RAG pipelines, agent orchestration, evaluations, and fine-tuning
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience delivering AI-driven enterprise solutions (e.g., Forward Deployed Engineer, Software Engineer, or Applied AI Engineer)
  • Demonstrated ability and interest to work in customer-facing environments, understanding user needs, architecting solutions for real business problems, and delivering tangible outcomes
  • Self-starter with high agency and ownership, excelling in fast-paced startup environments where playbooks are still being written

Skills

Required:Software engineeringDevOpsMachine learning concepts

Benefits

  • Top-tier compensation: Salary and equity structured to recognize and retain our talent globally
  • Stock options: Everyone who joins and contributes to Reflection's success gets to share in the upside through stock options
  • Health & wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life, with an annual wellness allowance
  • Meals: Lunch and dinner are provided in the office daily
  • Life & family: 22 weeks paid parental leave for all new birthing and non-birthing parents, including adoptive and surrogate journeys
  • Vacation days: Unlimited paid time off in the U.S. and 30 days in the U.K
  • Sponsorship support: We sponsor visas to help exceptional talent join our team and support long-term immigration pathways where applicable
  • Team building: Regular off-sites, happy hours, and team celebrations
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Reflection

Building frontier open intelligence

Building frontier open intelligence.

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