Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer | AI Legal Tech | NYC

$170-$350k + equity

Our client is building AI for law. They recently closed a $27M Series A from top-tier investors, grew revenue 4x in the last four months, and are already outperforming lawyers on real production legal tasks.

They are hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with law firm customers and own high-priority deployments end-to-end.

This is a fit for a software engineer who wants to stay hands-on technically while being much closer to customers, product, and revenue.

What you’ll do:
Scale AI agents for law firms ranging from solo practices to firms with hundreds of lawyers
Own technical deployments and pilots end-to-end for strategic customers
Work directly with customers to understand workflows, triage issues, and guide implementation
Turn customer pain into technical specs that influence the core product roadmap
Build, debug, and ship product improvements when needed
Partner closely with engineering and product on what to prioritize

What we’re looking for:
1–5 years of software engineering experience
Strong production engineering background, ideally from a high-growth startup
Experience with TypeScript, Python, and ideally React
Exposure to LLM APIs, AI agents, RAG, or AI-native product patterns
Strong communication skills and interest in customer-facing work
High agency, strong ownership, and comfort in a fast-moving startup environment

Strong signals:
Prior FDE experience
Experience shipping full-stack product features, APIs, integrations, or internal tools
Background at a high-growth startup, AI company, or strong technical environment
Founder, founding engineer, or early startup experience
Clear examples of things you have built and shipped
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