Forward Deployed Engineer at Rerun
About the role
Rerun.io is a $20M Seed-funded startup, backed by Point Nine, building the essential data stack for Physical AI. Their open-source SDK and visualization tools are utilized by industry leaders like Meta, NVIDIA, and Google to debug and manage multimodal data for robotics, drones, and autonomous systems.
Work directly with the world's most advanced robotics and AI teams, including Meta, DeepMind, and NVIDIA, helping them solve real-world data visualization challenges. Join a high-caliber, senior engineering team with backgrounds in Rust and game engines, enjoying significant agency and a remote-first culture with quarterly global meetups. Shape a foundational product in the Physical AI space at an early stage, supported by $20M in funding and a rapidly growing commercial platform managing petabytes of data.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical onboarding and demos, sitting with customers from first contact through production to build deep engineer-to-engineer trust and ensure success.
- Develop and deploy working proofs of concept using Python, translating messy customer data problems into elegant, functional solutions using the Rerun SDK.
- Serve as the expert power user of the platform, feeding field insights directly back to the product team to influence the future roadmap.
Requirements
- Possesses a strong technical foundation in robotics, ML, or data engineering, with the ability to confidently navigate and contribute to complex, real-world codebases.
- Demonstrates proficiency in Python, with a track record of reading and extending existing code to deliver functional prototypes and production-ready integrations.
- Exhibits high agency and a genuine passion for solving customer problems, combined with a willingness to travel up to 30% for onsite engagements.
Skills
Proficiency in Python; experience with robotics, machine learning, or data engineering; ability to work with complex codebases; high agency and customer‑problem solving mindset.