Forward Deployed Software Engineer (NYC/Remote)

Location: New York, NY (On-site) or Remote (Pacific Time hours)

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

Our client is a fast-growing tech startup building the future of APIs, with over $35 million in funding from top-tier investors. They work directly with industry leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cloudflare. As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you'll be an Applied AI Engineer who builds and deepens the technical relationship with these critical users. This role is a dynamic mix of engineering, product, and deployment, focused on solving high-impact problems alongside the people shaping the future of AI.

To thrive here, you’ll need strong judgment, broad technical fluency, and a passion for developer experience.

What You'll Do

• Work directly with critical customers like OpenAI and Anthropic to evolve their SDKs and write custom utilities for advanced use cases like structured outputs and tool-calling.
• Build AI-powered tooling to configure new users’ SDKs and translate custom solutions from one language to many.
• Write code both internally (e.g., improving their SDK Codegen) and for external customers (e.g., examples and demos).
• Contribute to public-facing materials by writing great documentation and helping to build a great website.

• 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience, ideally as a founder or founding engineer at a developer tool startup.

• A polyglot with an interest in and comfort working across multiple programming languages.
• Experience using AI to generate high-quality code.
• A true passion for developer experience and empathy for all developers.
• A quick learner and a self-motivated builder who loves to craft great products.
• Experience with building and consuming APIs.
• A track record of building something before, whether it's an open-source project, a business, or a club.
• Able to work New York, NY (On-site) or Remote (Pacific Time hours)