Forward Deployed Engineer

Series B Computer-Vision Company • Remote (US)

Location

Remote (US) — Midwest strongly preferred; optional NYC or SF hub

Compensation

$144k–$200k base • $180k–$250k OTE (uncapped variable)

About the company

Our client is a Series B computer-vision company that puts physical AI on factory floors for Fortune 100 manufacturers. Founded in 2019 and around 70 people, their platform is used to build, deploy and monitor vision models in real production environments — not demos. The customer base is concentrated in manufacturing, logistics, automotive and robotics.

The role

This is a genuine forward-deployed seat, not pre-sales and not a support queue. You own a customer's deployment end-to-end: the 0→1 build, getting it adopted on the floor, and keeping it healthy afterwards. You'll be on-site with customers roughly 40–50% of the time, and in the same week you might be talking to executives, engineers and floor operators. The seat is revenue-oriented — the comp band includes an uncapped variable component.

What you'll do

Own full technical deployments end-to-end — 0→1 build through customer adoption and post-deployment maintenance
Sit in the room with customers and drive the technical relationship yourself
Ship computer-vision systems into real physical production environments
Work close to the systems layer — Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux and networking
Travel 40–50% of the time to customer sites, concentrated in the Midwest

What we're looking for

These are hard requirements. Check each one that applies to you.

Owned a full technical deployment end-to-end with real customers — 0→1 build through customer adoption and post-deployment maintenance. Not ticket-taking, not internal-only tooling
Genuinely customer-facing — I've sat in the room with customers and driven the technical relationship
Strong Python plus systems-level work — Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, networking
Shipped into a real physical or production environment — not lab, demo or notebook-only ML
Willing and able to travel 40–50% of the time for on-site customer deployments
US citizen or Green Card holder — this role offers no visa sponsorship of any kind
1–8 years in forward deployed, field, solutions architect or customer-facing software engineering

Please note: every item above is a hard requirement for this role. Applications that don't meet all of them will be rejected. We recommend applying only if you check every box.

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Nice to have

Based in the Midwest — Chicago, Indianapolis or Cleveland — or in a major airport hub
Background in manufacturing, logistics, automotive, or robotics/automation
An automation, mechanical or industrial engineer who moved into strong software engineering
MLOps or computer-vision tooling: model versioning, monitoring, retraining pipelines
Comfortable in a revenue-oriented seat with an uncapped variable component
BS in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field

Tech stack

Python, Docker and Kubernetes on Linux, with computer-vision models deployed into edge and production environments.

Compensation & logistics

$144k–$200k base • $180k–$250k OTE at roughly an 80/20 split, with the variable uncapped
Remote-first across the US, working US daytime hours
Optional NYC or SF hub with a ~$10k relocation bonus, which requires 3 days/week in that office
40–50% travel for on-site customer deployments
US citizens and Green Card holders only — this role offers no visa sponsorship of any kind
5 hires planned

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