Provectus

Associate Forward Deployed Engineer

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Base Salary

$120k - $145k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Learn client functions and workflows alongside a Senior FDE and Forward Deployed Executive.
  • Build and ship production code for LLM applications, agentic workflows, and retrieval and extraction pipelines.
  • Build evaluation harnesses that define and measure whether systems work effectively.
  • Deploy systems to production on AWS and feed client learnings back into the company’s Blueprints.
  • Own a scoped part of a production system, participate in code review, drive adoption, and build credibility with client engineers and operators.

Requirements

  • Degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM field.
  • 0–2 years of experience, including internships, co-ops, or research.
  • Projects integrating AI into the software development lifecycle, with the ability to explain implementation decisions and outcomes in depth.
  • Hands-on Claude Code basics and strong programming fundamentals in Python or TypeScript.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical subjects to non-engineers.
  • Willingness to spend substantial time learning a client’s business before writing code.
  • Preferred qualifications include cloud basics across AWS, Azure, or GCP; containers; CI/CD; AI/ML coursework; data pipelines or SQL; classical ML or MLOps with PyTorch, SageMaker, or MLflow; infrastructure-as-code; open-source contributions; hackathon projects; public writing on applied AI; or Claude and AWS certifications.
  • Interest or coursework in financial services, insurance, healthcare, or asset management is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Full-time employment with regular mentorship from a senior FDE and a named growth mentor.
  • Clear progression path to Forward Deployed Engineer and regular feedback.
  • Unlimited vacation policy.
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance.
  • 401(k) matching plan.
  • Work onsite from the New York office three days per week.
  • Hands-on production experience with AI and cloud solutions in regulated financial services and healthcare environments.

Categories

Forward Deployed
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About Provectus

201-500 employees

Provectus is an AI consultancy and solutions provider that designs and implements machine learning, data analytics, MLOps, and generative AI systems for enterprises in finance, insurance, healthcare, retail, media, and manufacturing. It sells consulting engagements and implementation services to help clients adopt AI and cloud platforms in production. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held.

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