Forward Deployed Engineer

Job description

## **Role Details** Location: San Francisco, CA. This role is based out of our San Francisco HQ and is not eligible for full-time remote work. ## **About Us** At FurtherAI, we’re building the next generation of AI agents for the insurance industry - a trillion-dollar market ready for transformation. We’ve raised more than **$30M from top investors (Andreesen Horowitz, YC, Nexus, South Park Commons, Converge)** and have grown 10x in revenue this year alone. Our customers include some of the largest names in insurance (we recently closed a top 5 insurance company in the world), and our team combines deep AI expertise with proven company-building experience. Now, we’re looking for an exceptional **Forward Deployed Engineer** to join our early team and help shape both our product and culture. ## **Why Join Us** - **Rocketship Growth**: Post-PMF, with revenue growing at an exceptional pace. - **Elite Team**: Founding team includes **ex-Apple AI Research, 4 ex-YC founders, and 6 ex-founders**. Engineers have prior experience at Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. - **Technical Depth**: Work alongside a **staff research scientist** and a team of 7 engineers solving cutting-edge problems in AI and scalable backend systems. - **Massive Market Impact**: Insurance is the backbone of global commerce - our work reshapes how this industry operates. - **Founder’s Mindset**: Perfect fit if you want to own big pieces of the product and possibly start your own company in the future. ## **What You’ll Do** - Build enterprise-grade AI agents from the ground up - ⁠Work closely with our CTO, Sashank, who brings experience from building speech and language models at Apple’s AI/ML org - Talk to customers, understand their flows, and translate those into robust agentic solutions - Implement cutting-edge AI capabilities in production - Work in-person from our San Francisco office (5 day week) ## **What We’re Looking For** - 2+ years of consumer facing engineering experience. - Strong experience with **backend systems (Python)**. - Clear communicator - both in person and in writing. - Above all: **drive, grit, and ownership**. If you excel here, other requirements are secondary At FurtherAI, we set a high bar. We’re not looking for someone who just wants a job—we’re looking for someone who wants to **build something transformative**. If you thrive in environments where the pace is fast, expectations are high, and the rewards are outsized, you’ll love it here. ## **You can look forward to the following benefits:** - Fully covered, best-in-class health, dental, and vision benefits - Competitive Compensation, meaningful stock options, company 401(k) - Unlimited PTO - Outstanding in-office culture in the heart of San Francisco - Lunch and dinner onsite - Team events, such as happy hours and off-sites - Pre-tax Commuter benefits