Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Sardine

. Embed directly with clients to gather requirements, translating ambiguous operational challenges into concrete technical architectures and delivering high-impact, AI-driven solutions with extreme ownership.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeRemote • California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $175,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Embed directly with clients to gather requirements, translating ambiguous operational challenges into concrete technical architectures and delivering high-impact, AI-driven solutions with extreme ownership.
Train and deploy custom AI agents to prevent fraud and automate complex fincrime workflows across a diverse portfolio of use cases.
Utilize advanced prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and rigorous evaluation frameworks to continuously optimize AI agent performance, ensuring high accuracy, safety, and reliability.
Champion an AI-first approach across internal teams and client engagements, demonstrating the tangible business impact of advanced machine learning interventions.
Establish and evolve our AI risk metrics, the supporting datasets, and the evaluation pipelines used to measure the causal impact of deployed agents.
Collaborate tightly with internal engineering and product teams to scale custom models into production, ensuring seamless integration and optimized operational performance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in Data Science or Applied AI
Proficiency in Python and SQL for complex data manipulation, pipeline building, and model integration.
A creative, critical thinker with a "get-things-done" mentality, who thrives autonomously and is obsessed with delivering measurable business value.
Exceptional ability to own the end-to-end solution lifecycle, including the ability to comfortably translate ambiguous client challenges into concrete requirements and deliver the final product.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous compensation in cash and equity
Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - *US and Canada specific*
4% matching in 401k / RRSP - *US and Canada specific*
MacBook Pro delivered to your door
One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
Monthly meal stipend
Monthly social meet-up stipend
Annual health and wellness stipend
Annual Learning stipend

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSQLAI-driven solutionsprompt engineeringfine-tuningevaluation frameworksdata manipulationpipeline buildingmodel integrationmachine learning

Soft Skills

critical thinkingautonomymeasurable business valueend-to-end solution lifecycletranslating client challengesownershipcreativitycollaborationproblem-solvingcommunication