Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer

PhysicsX•New York, NY

9d•$150,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

PhysicsX is a physics AI company building a simulation software stack to enable physics AI across the engineering lifecycle. It works with organizations in aerospace and defence, automotive, semiconductors, materials, and energy and renewables. The Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer helps customers solve important problems by building and deploying applications powered by PhysicsX physics AI models. The role works directly with customers, data scientists, and machine learning engineers to develop applications that improve advanced engineering processes. It requires understanding complex engineering problems across industries and building useful tools to address them. The role includes travel to customer sites in North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania for an average of 3–4 weeks per quarter, working closely with customers on-site. The position may require access to information protected by U.S. export control laws and regulations; an employment offer may be conditioned on authorization to receive controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license. The position is based on a hybrid model that combines time in the New York office with work-from-home days. The salary range is $150,000–$250,000, depending on experience. Seniority is assessed during the interview process.

Requirements

A track record of solving hard, complex problems.
A solid foundation in software engineering, API design, and deploying applications to production is desired.
Proactivity, high ownership, and the ability to drive customer impact and solve problems end-to-end.
Ability to learn the skills and experience needed to solve novel problems quickly.
A customer-focused approach and ability to work alongside customers to understand their problems and build useful applications.

Nice To Haves

A background in Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline.

Responsibilities

Work directly with customers to identify important engineering problems and build applications that address them.
Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers to deliver physics models to customers in ways that maximize value.
Work with designers and front-end engineers to shape user experiences around customer needs.
Design end-to-end applications, develop low-lift prototypes, deliver them to customers, and iterate based on user feedback.
Build and maintain RESTful APIs using FastAPI and Python microservices to serve Large Physics Models to end users.
Work with platform software engineers to deploy applications to the cloud.
Distill solutions developed across multiple use cases into fundamental components.
Propose and develop features for the core PhysicsX platform, helping direct its evolution to solve increasingly complex customer problems.

Benefits

Equity options.
5% contribution to a 401(k).
Free team lunch once per week.
Private health insurance.
Enhanced parental leave: 3 months of full-pay paternity leave and 6 months of full-pay maternity leave.
20 days of annual leave plus public holidays.
Dedicated personal development support.
Subsidized Gympass / Wellhub membership for the employee and up to 3 family members.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
Hybrid work model with work-from-home days.