Forward Deployed Engineer

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Work hands-on with business teams across several operating companies to understand their workflows and deliver AI-driven software into live use. Own delivery from discovery through launch and ongoing tuning, and serve as the main technical contact for business leaders.

What you'll do

- Embed with operating businesses to learn how they work and identify the few workflows where automation will have the most impact.

- Build integrations, prompts, evaluation tooling and user interfaces to launch a first automated workflow at each business.

- Run and tune deployed systems after launch, adjusting levels of autonomy and handing off cleanly to the business team once stable.

- Act as the trusted technical point of contact for senior business leaders, setting expectations and building confidence.

- Capture lessons learned and turn them into reusable playbooks that speed up future deployments.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Roughly 3 to 6 years of engineering experience, with full-stack ability to own delivery end to end independently.

- Proficiency in TypeScript or Python, React and SQL.

- Experience shipping production LLM or agent-based software to external users, including evaluation, autonomy controls and outcome tracking.

- A background working directly alongside customers or inside client teams as an engineer.

- Strong tenure at a recognized early-stage or high-growth startup.

- Hands-on use of AI dev tools and agents to automate manual work.

- Strong executive presence and polished communication with senior business leaders.

- Sound business instincts and the ability to shape open-ended business needs into well-defined engineering work.

- Comfort travelling to client sites 2 to 3 days per week.

- For candidates with under 2 years of experience, a technical degree from a top university.

Bonus points

- Programming experience in Go and TypeScript.

- Exposure to private equity, consulting or software operator environments.

- Background as a founder or founding engineer.

- Big Tech experience, particularly for new graduates.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: CAD 180,000 to 260,000 per year

- Equity

- Health, dental and vision coverage

Location and work model

- Toronto, Canada

- Hybrid: minimum 3 days per week in office (4 preferred)

- Domestic travel 2 to 3 days per week

- Full-time