Reflection
Technology
ForwardDeployedEngineer,Lead-AIEngineer
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“Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead - AI Engineer at Reflection. Skills: Forward Deployed Engineering, AI Solutions, Agentic applications. Partner with strategists and sales. Understand customer needs”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver tangible outcomes
Industry & Context.
Architect solutions; Solve business problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Software engineering background, Shipping production-grade systems, Deploying enterprise software, Modern DevOps practices, Deep ML concepts, Hands-on AI stacks, 6+ years software engineering, 2+ years technical leadership, Customer-facing environments, Understanding user needs, Architecting solutions, Delivering tangible outcomes, High agency and ownership, Fast-paced startup environments
Nice to Have
Kubernetes experience a plus, Vector databases experience a plus, RAG pipelines experience a plus, Agent orchestration experience a plus, Evaluations experience a plus, Fine-tuning experience a plus
What You'll Do.
Partner with strategists and sales
Understand customer needs
Develop agentic applications
Architect agentic systems
Build agentic systems
Orchestrate LLM workflows
Integrate with enterprise infrastructure
Adapt models for customers
Fine-tune models for customers
Contribute to codebase
Own end-to-end deployments
Shape Forward Deployed Engineering
Scale Forward Deployed Engineering
Define best practices
Define technical standards
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Deployment Strategists; Sales teams; Research teams
Communication Scope
Customer-facing
Process & Methodology
Technical leadership
Full Job Description
OUR MISSION Reflection’s mission is to build open superintelligence and make it accessible to all. We’re developing open weight models for individuals, agents, enterprises, and even nation states. Our team of AI researchers and company builders come from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Brain, Meta, Character.AI, Anthropic and beyond. ROLE OVERVIEW We’re seeking an exceptional technical lead to build and scale Reflection’s Forward Deployed Engineering function within the AI Solutions team. This team plays a critical role in bridging our cutting-edge AI research with real-world enterprise deployments. As a Forward Deployed Engineer Lead, you will own the end-to-end technical strategy, execution, and delivery of complex agentic applications, from early pre-sales discovery through production deployment. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Partner with Deployment Strategists and Sales to understand enterprise customer needs, architect solutions, and develop transformative agentic applications. - Architect and build complex agentic systems using state-of-the-art models, orchestrating sophisticated LLM workflows and integrating deeply with enterprise infrastructure. - Collaborate with research teams to adapt and fine-tune models for customer-specific needs, contributing to our internal codebase for inference, fine-tuning, and evaluation. - Own end-to-end deployments across hybrid environments (public cloud, VPC, and on-premises), ensuring production-grade scalability, performance, and reliability. - Shape and scale the Forward Deployed Engineering organization by defining playbooks, best practices, technical standards, and mentorship to support team growth. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 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
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