Join a high-impact team building the real-time compliance firewall for enterprise AI. You will develop production-grade LLM agents to automate internal operations and embed with major financial institutions to deploy mission-critical safety layers. This role combines hands-on engineering with customer-facing execution to define a new category in AI safety and governance.
Forward Deployed AI Engineer at VC-backed AI governance startup
Help build the 'compliance firewall' for the AI era. As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer at this well-funded NYC startup, you will work alongside former engineering leaders from Goldman Sachs and Google to deploy real-time safety layers for enterprise AI. This isn’t just about building demos; you will create production LLM agents that automate entire business functions and embed with Tier-1 financial institutions. If you thrive in high-stakes, 0-to-1 environments and want to shape how the world’s largest companies safely adopt AI, this is the role for you.
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Location
New York, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Confidential company
Role overview
About the company
VC-backed AI governance startup
What you will do
- Build and deploy production-ready LLM agents and RAG pipelines that automate complex operational and go-to-market workflows.
- Embed with enterprise customers to integrate the compliance engine into their stacks and own the end-to-end deployment.
- Debug and optimize real-time AI behavior, bridging the gap between field learnings and core product engineering.
Who this is a fit for
- 5+ years of experience shipping production software with fluency in Python, TypeScript, and cloud-native data architectures.
- Proven track record of building and scaling LLM-based automation or agents that have survived real-world production environments.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to navigate technical deployments and build trust with executive stakeholders.
Why this role is remarkable
- Work directly with a founding team of industry veterans from top-tier tech giants and financial institutions.
- Join a well-funded startup backed by elite VCs at the ground floor of the AI safety and compliance category.
- High-leverage position where you build the very automation that allows a lean team to scale to enterprise demands.
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