Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI

Handshake · San Francisco

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Company
Handshake
Location
San Francisco
Employment type
Full-time
Posted
September 16, 2026

About this job

San Francisco, CA or New York -- 5 days / week in-office DESIRED CAPABILITIES - 5-6+ years of engineering experience, full-stack with strong backend depth - Real-world experience building and shipping AI applications in production — not just fine-tuning or prototyping - Strong understanding of agent architectures, evals, and how to measure and systematically improve AI performance - Comfort working directly with enterprise customers in ambiguous, high-stakes environments - Strong systems thinking — you can zoom out to the business problem and zoom in to the technical solution without losing either thread - High ownership mentality — you care about outcomes, not just outputs - Strong communication skills — you'll be in the room with senior stakeholders regularly and need to earn their trust…

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