Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US

H Company • New York, NY

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About The Position

H Company is a next-generation AI research and product company focused on autonomous, agentic AI. Its platform enables professionals and businesses to deploy agents safely and at scale for tasks such as checking website behavior and automating repetitive work.

The Forward Deployed Team helps customers implement H’s agents to automate and optimize tasks, while translating field learnings into the platform’s product vision. In this founding role, you will identify valuable customer workflows, integrate agents with customer systems, and rapidly deliver and refine production solutions. You will work closely with product, research, and engineering teams to shape the roadmap. The position may be based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, or New York, and includes travel for on-site deployments or customer engagements.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional AI and software engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced environments such as startups, consulting, or product teams, or equivalent demonstrated technical ability through projects and past experience.
• Experience working with AI/ML systems, especially integrating LLMs or other agentic workflows into real products.
• Strong fluency in Python and familiarity with TypeScript.
• Familiarity with backend frameworks such as FastAPI and Next.js, and frontend frameworks such as React, along with a good understanding of UI/UX tradeoffs.
• Experience building and deploying production systems, including APIs, services, infrastructure, and/or data pipelines.
• Ability to integrate third-party APIs, databases, and external systems securely and reliably.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in ambiguous, customer-facing environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bias for action, ability to ship quickly and iterate rapidly, and ownership of the full solution lifecycle.
• Willingness to travel for on-site deployments or customer engagements.

Responsibilities

• Understand and identify customers’ most important and impactful multi-step tasks to automate.
• Integrate with customer systems, including databases, third-party APIs, and internal tools.
• Iterate rapidly in the field using tight feedback loops to improve product fit and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Architect, build, and maintain production-grade services that scale with usage and complexity.
• Collaborate with product, research, and engineering teams to shape the roadmap and align priorities based on field findings.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including equity.
• Opportunity to work with a dynamic, multicultural team alongside AI engineers, researchers, and builders in a high-trust, high-impact environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed