2 months ago
San Mateo, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$220k - $280k/yr
Responsibilities
- Run the full pre-sales field cycle, including discovery, proof-of-concept scoping, model evaluations, and final model selection.
- Ship production code inside customer environments.
- Deploy and fine-tune open-model LLMs using vLLM, SGLang, and TensorRT-LLM.
- Partner with sales counterparts to shape deal strategy and advance opportunities.
- Build relationships with customer engineers and executives while owning technical outcomes end to end.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in a client-facing AI/ML role such as Solutions Architect, Forward-Deployed Engineer, Customer Success Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, Sales Engineer, or AI/ML-focused Software Engineer with genuine customer exposure.
- Hands-on experience with open-model LLM inference and/or fine-tuning.
- AI-focused experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong Python skills and familiarity with GPU infrastructure and Kubernetes.
- Background at an AI-native company or a SaaS company genuinely building AI features.
- Full-time work history and willingness to travel to enterprise customers as needed.
- Experience with DPO or RFT is a significant plus.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Remote-friendly position available anywhere in the US, with hubs in New York and San Mateo.
- Regular travel to enterprise customers is required as needed.
- Open to visa transfers and visa sponsorships.
- Meaningful equity and performance-based variable compensation paid quarterly.
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About Lavendo
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.