
Forward Deployed Engineer – Machine Learning
Gray Swan
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $115,439 - $178,100 per year
About the role
- Design, build, and deploy AI safety and security solutions directly inside customer environments.
- Apply state-of-the-art deep learning methods to turn ambiguous, high-stakes problems into production-grade models and systems.
- Implement data pipelines, model serving, and evaluation frameworks.
- Adapt and fine-tune models to domain-specific data and performance requirements.
- Work with customer teams to understand data constraints, and operational realities.
- Translate real-world problems into well-scoped proofs-of-concept and deployment architectures.
- Act as the primary AI/ML technical owner for customer projects, rapidly identifying, scoping, and solving technical issues.
- Develop proofs of concept quickly to validate technical feasibility and customer value.
- Iterate based on user feedback, empirical results, and changing requirements.
- Balance speed with long-term maintainability.
- Partner with sales, product, research, and platform teams.
- Communicate findings, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
- Contribute learnings from deployments back into core product and platform development.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in collaborative environments, working closely with cross-functional teams like data scientists, software engineers, and product managers.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in ambiguous environments and take full ownership of outcomes.
- Hands-on experience in building and deploying machine learning models and systems.
- Demonstrated expertise in designing, training, and deploying deep learning models with frameworks like PyTorch.
- Demonstrated experience programming in Python and C++.
- Practical experience in developing scalable machine learning pipelines and integrating them with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- In-depth knowledge of neural network architectures, such as sequence models, transformers, and other state-of-the-art approaches.
- Strong algorithmic problem-solving skills and comprehensive knowledge of ML theory and optimization techniques.
- Proficiency in data preprocessing and transformation, and handling large-scale datasets with multiple modalities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, or a related technical field is required.
Benefits
- 401k with up to 4% matching
- 28 days annual leave (vacation + holidays)
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Catered lunches (Pittsburgh office)
- Flexible work arrangements
- Visa sponsorship available for exceptional candidates
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
deep learningmachine learningdata pipelinesmodel servingmodel evaluationPythonC++neural network architecturesalgorithmic problem-solvingdata preprocessing
Soft Skills
collaborationindependenceownershipcommunicationadaptabilityproblem-solvinguser feedback iterationcross-functional teamworktechnical ownershiptradeoff analysis