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Founding Engineer / Forward Deployed / Herndon, VA (DC area)

Manassas Park, VA, US • Posted 4 days ago • Updated 2 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

$180000 - $200000/yr

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC

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Skills

Recruiting
Management
Customer Engagement
Backend Development
Python
Amazon Web Services
Communication
Customer Facing
Startups
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning (ML)
Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops)
Software Engineering
Kubernetes
IaaS
PostgreSQL
Collaboration
IT Management
SAP BASIS

Summary

An early-stage AI company in Herndon, VA is hiring a Founding Forward Deployed Software Engineer for a full-time position. This is a hybrid opportunity requiring three days per week onsite. You'll work across backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, and customer deployments using Go, Python, Kubernetes, AWS, and PostgreSQL.

This role sits directly between the engineering team and the customers using the platform. Rather than simply handing requirements to another team, you'll work with customers to understand their technical environments and production challenges, then design and build the functionality needed to solve them. You'll remain a core product engineer while getting direct exposure to how sophisticated organizations are actually deploying AI in production. It's a great fit for an engineer who enjoys ambiguous problems, customer interaction, and owning solutions from the initial conversation through production.
Required Skills & Experience

7+ years of software engineering experience
Strong backend development experience with Go and/or Python
Production experience with Kubernetes and AWS
Experience building and deploying distributed systems
Experience owning software from development through production
Strong communication and customer-facing skills
Ability to gather technical requirements and turn them into scalable software
Comfortable troubleshooting complex production environments

Desired Skills & Experience

Previous forward deployed or customer-facing engineering experience
Experience working in startup or fast-paced engineering environments
Experience with PostgreSQL
Background in infrastructure, platform engineering, or developer tooling
Experience with observability and production reliability
Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure or MLOps

What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown

35% Backend Software Engineering
25% Kubernetes / Cloud Infrastructure
20% Customer Integrations & Deployments
10% Production Reliability
10% Data / PostgreSQL

Daily Responsibilities

60% Hands On
30% Customer & Team Collaboration
10% Technical Leadership

The Offer

Competitive base salary
Bonus eligible
Meaningful equity

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

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Dice Id: 10105282
Position Id: 884678
Posted 4 days ago

Company Info

About Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC

Motion Recruitment delivers IT Talent Solutions for Contract, Direct Hire, Managed Solutions and Statement of Work to all of North America from our 21 delivery centers. Our high-touch, specialized, team-based recruitment model’s success is proven through our exemplary track record in filling the most challenging IT positions for startup and enterprise clients alike. Our hyper-specialized tech focus results in a truly consultative approach for both our clients and candidates, within our recruiting areas of expertise: Software, Mobile, Data, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Product + UX and Functional.

Motion also delivers IT Consulting Solutions through the Motion Consulting Group (MCG) that create true digital transformation for IT projects in Agile Development & Coaching, DevOps & DevSecOps Solutions, and Managed Services for IT Operations.

We’re also the proud creators of Tech in Motion and the Timmy Awards, our North American community platform, events series and award program that connects over 250,000 tech enthusiasts to meet, learn, and innovate.

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