Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
You’d ship production AI agents into a health system’s own systems, from the technical build through go-live.
- San Francisco, hybrid
- Full time
- 4 or more years shipping
- $190K to $240K base, plus equity
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“The duties match Assort Health’s other forward deployed engineer job. This one asks for 4 or more years, and it is in San Francisco only.”
Who it suits
A good fit
- Have 4 or more years of software engineering, with a record of shipping production code
- Like owning the technical build through launch
- Can explain the work to someone who doesn’t write code
Think twice
- Have fewer than 4 years of software engineering
- Want a settled spec before you build
- Don’t want to demo the work to a prospect
What you’d do
- Own the technical build for a health system, from scoping through go-live and later tuning.
- Work with an Agent Product Manager who owns the customer relationship and the project plan.
- Debug issues across phone systems, electronic health records, scheduling, and patient tools.
- Launch agents that handle thousands of patient interactions a day.
What they ask for
- You have 4 or more years of software engineering, and a record of shipping production code.
- You’re proficient in Python, and you’ve worked across APIs and more than one system.
- You can explain a technical choice to someone who doesn’t write code.
- You keep going when the path is not clear.
How it works
- The job is hybrid in San Francisco.
What to know about this job
Open 11 weeks
- Week 11This job has been open this long
- Week 12Half of San Francisco FDE jobs have closed
In November 2026, Assort Health had 3 forward deployed engineering jobs open. Two are in San Francisco only, and one is in San Francisco or New York.
The builder, the most common kind of FDE in San Francisco
- 56%The builder (this job). This kind ships production code into the customer’s systems, including integrations, data pipelines, and agents.
- 40%The deployment lead. Scopes the customer’s problem, runs the rollout and makes sure the product delivers what was promised.
Shares of open FDE jobs in San Francisco.
Most new San Francisco forward deployed engineers weren’t forward deployed engineers before
- 90% of people who became forward deployed engineers in San Francisco weren’t forward deployed engineers in their last job.
- 46% of them came from a startup or scale-up.
Assort Health lists $190K to $240K base, plus equity for this job
The San Francisco forward deployed engineer guide shows what forward deployed engineers in San Francisco expect to earn.
What San Francisco forward deployed engineers earnWorth asking the hiring team
- “Which of the agents already handle thousands of patient interactions a day?”
- “Which health-system integrations are already built?”
Jack’s take on Assort Health
- Jon Wang says revenue grew 20x in the 15 months to June 2026
- Total funding grew from $26M to $222M in 14 months
- The team grew from fewer than 20 to 230 people in 18 months
- Its two cofounders run it as co-CEOs, with leaders who helped scale Samsara, Merge and Gusto
- A fast, mostly hybrid place to work
- Based in San Francisco and New York
- Founded 2023
- 38 open jobs
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Jack & Jill isn’t Assort Health’s recruiter. We summarized this job from Assort Health’s public careers page, where you can apply. We check whether it’s still open each time you open this page. The market numbers come from our San Francisco forward deployed engineer guide and the company facts from Assort Health’s page. We last checked this summary against the posting on November 9, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.