Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Systems
Pure Storage2 months ago
Base Salary
$180k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with product managers to scope ambiguous business questions and deliver solutions running in production.
- Build end-to-end capabilities across data, orchestration, and product-manager-facing interface layers.
- Maintain engineering standards that support trusted roadmap decisions.
- Turn bespoke analyses into durable platform capabilities that expand self-service intelligence.
- Identify data gaps and work with data owners to improve the data foundation.
- Communicate technical judgment and system readiness credibly to non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on Python experience designing, building, and operating production software.
- Experience with HTTP APIs, relational schema design and migrations, containerized cloud deployments, version control, testing, and frontend development.
- Advanced SQL proficiency with large analytical datasets such as Snowflake, plus the ability to assess data integrity and business applicability.
- Proven experience shipping LLM-backed or agentic systems to real users with rigorous evaluation practices.
- Ability to define tractable engineering problems and collaborate effectively with non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work from the Santa Clara, California office under the company’s primarily in-office policy.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $180,000–$270,000 USD, with possible incentive pay and/or equity.
- Flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.
- Growth support, inclusive employee resource groups, and a collaborative team environment.
- Primarily in-office work from the Santa Clara, California office, with exceptions for PTO, work travel, or approved leave.
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage builds all-flash data storage systems and software for enterprises, including FlashArray and FlashBlade, and offers storage delivered as-a-service for on‑prem and cloud workloads. Its subscription model (Evergreen/Pure as‑a‑Service) supports databases, virtualization, analytics, and AI. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Pure is a public company listed on the NYSE (PSTG).