Forward Deployed Engineer
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San Francisco, New YorkEntry level1–7 yrs
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The job in short
Customer-facing software engineering.
PythonAgenticInsurance
Details
- Found
- 13 d ago · posted 2026-10-12
- Location as listed
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
Location: San Francisco, CA
Work Model: Onsite (fully in-person)
Industry: AI for enterprise insurance
Compensation: $165K-$250K base, plus competitive Series A equity
About the Company
Our partner is a fast-growing, Series A AI company backed by top-tier investors, automating end-to-end insurance claims processing for the largest carriers. Revenue has grown roughly 50% month over month, the team has scaled to around 70 people, and it is on track to more than double by year end. Engineering is Python-heavy and deeply agentic. The culture is fast, feedback-rich, low on bureaucracy, and fully in-person.
The Opportunity
Our partner is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to sit at the intersection of engineering and the customer. You will build real product while working directly with enterprise clients, roughly 70% deep technical work and 30% client-facing communication. You will own problems end to end in an environment where you rarely have all the data, and where agency and ownership are prized above process.
Responsibilities
• Build and ship backend systems in a Python-heavy, agentic codebase
• Work directly with enterprise clients to deploy and tailor solutions
• Translate ambiguous customer needs into working software
• Operate with high autonomy and ownership under fast deadlines
Requirements
• 1-7 years of software engineering experience
• Strong Python and backend fundamentals
• Excellent communication; comfortable meeting and working with clients
• Founding or early-stage startup experience preferred
• Ability to operate in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
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