As the first Forward Deployed Engineer, you will bridge the gap between product and production. You’ll design agent behaviors, build evaluation harnesses for “Frank” (our AI worker), and deploy systems on-site at US factories. Working with messy real-world data, you will automate the complex manual processes currently holding back world-class manufacturers.
Forward Deployed Engineer at Forgepoint
Forgepoint is rebuilding America's manufacturing backbone with AI workers that automate complex back-office operations. Backed by a16z and founders from Brex and Xwing, they're looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to take their AI agents from product to production on factory floors across the USA. If you're a TypeScript expert with LLM experience who loves working directly with customers to solve high-stakes industrial problems, this onsite NYC role offers top-tier equity and the chance to modernize a massive sector.
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Location
New York, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Forgepoint
Role overview
AI6-20 employees
We’re building the AI workforce for American manufacturing. These are businesses that make the physical things our economy runs on — and they’re stuck on systems from the ‘90s with no one building for them. We are. We’re in NYC, backed by a16z, and are on track to cross 7 figures in revenue after launching 7 months ago. We just closed $9.5m in funding to accelerate this even more. Our team is 6 people, every one of us is a builder, and we’re just getting started.
What you will do
- Design and build agent behaviors and tool-use pipelines using TypeScript and LLM APIs to handle complex, real-world manufacturing inputs like dirty PDFs.
- Collaborate with Deployment Strategists to map customer quoting and purchasing workflows into technical configurations, ensuring reliable end-to-end execution.
- Build robust evaluation harnesses and guardrails to ensure AI reliability while identifying product gaps directly from the field to influence the core product roadmap.
Who this is a fit for
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong command of TypeScript (React and NodeJS) and PostgreSQL database management.
- Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles such as FDE, Solutions Engineering, or Technical PM, ideally within industrial or ERP environments.
- Deep fluency with LLM APIs, prompting strategies, and evaluation frameworks for non-deterministic software, comfortable working onsite in NYC and traveling to customers.
Why this role is remarkable
- Backed by a16z Speedrun and elite angels from Brex, Xwing, and Betterment, led by founders with deep scaling experience from Brex and Xwing.
- Direct impact on revitalizing US manufacturing by replacing decades-old manual workflows with sophisticated, non-deterministic AI agents in high-stakes environments.
- High-ownership 0→1 role where you’ll travel to shop floors across the country, seeing the immediate physical impact of the code you deploy.
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