Lavendo

Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise Document AI (SF)

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Base Salary

$220k - $320k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Turn customer requirements into working applications and integrations.
  • Partner with account executives and sales engineers on evaluations, custom demos, and competitive benchmarking.
  • Build custom applications, agents, evaluation tools, diagnostics, dashboards, and product enhancements.
  • Own technical success for 1–3 enterprise accounts through regular customer engagement.
  • Resolve deployment and integration issues and deepen customer adoption.
  • Measure performance and catch regressions using evaluation harnesses and quantitative debugging.
  • Explain technical decisions and trade-offs to customer stakeholders.
  • Identify new use cases, expand deployments, and translate customer insights into product improvements and engineering priorities.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of full-time production engineering experience shipping software for enterprise customers.
  • Experience at a recognizable, high-growth startup with strong engineering standards.
  • Independent ownership of building, deploying, and supporting production applications or AI pipelines.
  • Strong production-level Python skills and engineering fundamentals.
  • Solid understanding of AI, LLMs, and machine learning concepts.
  • Experience using Claude, Codex, or similar coding tools beyond autocomplete with sound technical judgment.
  • Enterprise deployment experience involving integrations, troubleshooting, and customer-specific constraints.
  • Clear communication skills and confidence leading technical customer conversations.
  • A quantitative approach to debugging, experimentation, and performance measurement.
  • Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco five days per week.

Benefits

  • Annual salary of $220,000–$320,000 plus competitive equity.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Unlimited PTO and flexible parental leave.
  • Up to $150 per month in eligible health and wellness reimbursement.
  • Free daily lunch and reimbursed transportation.
  • Open to visa transfers, including OPT and H1B transfers, and sponsorship.
  • Full-time, in-person work in San Francisco five days per week.

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Forward Deployed
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About Lavendo

1-10 employees

Lavendo is a San Francisco–based recruiting firm that helps startups and high‑growth companies hire sales, go‑to‑market, and select technical talent. It provides fee-based search services and recruiting programs focused on revenue roles. Founded in 2021 and privately held, Lavendo is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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