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Forward Deployed Engineer

Raydar
Los Altos, California, United States Posted Oct 16, 2026
Full-time

About this role

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead hands-on implementation of software solutions for public sector customers, combining production coding with direct customer engagement and cross-team coordination. The role suits an early-career engineer who enjoys translating technical ideas for non-technical audiences.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the primary implementation lead for government customers, onboarding their content into the platform.

  • Manage configuration and service orchestration securely within a regulated government cloud environment.

  • Build customer-requested features across front-end and backend, including UI changes, data tables and file handling.

  • Host customer meetings and walk senior stakeholders through AI concepts in accessible terms.

  • Balance your week across development work, customer engagement and internal coordination, with development taking the largest share.

  • Travel to customer sites in the Washington, DC area, with travel costs covered.

  • Requirements

  • What we're looking for

  • 1 to 3 years of engineering experience.

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.

  • Strong programming skills in Python and TypeScript, with comfort spending about half the time on focused coding.

  • Experience shipping LLM or agent-based systems in production.

  • Hands-on experience with a major cloud AI platform such as AWS, Azure or GCP.

  • Experience deploying software in government or regulated environments.

  • Clear communication and ease talking with customers.

  • Ability to work on-site five days a week.

  • Bonus points

  • Experience in a fast-paced, zero-to-one environment.

  • Benefits

  • Compensation and benefits

  • Base salary: USD 130,000 to 170,000 per year

  • Equity

  • Relocation support

  • Location and work model

  • Los Altos, CA, United States

  • On-site, 5 days per week in office

  • Full-time

  • Travel to the DC area expected

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