Forward Deployed Engineer at Tavus

Company Description

Tavus is a Series B research lab and product company backed by Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners that is pioneering human computing through real-time AI Human simulations.

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Tavus, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and real-world adoption. Splitting your time between customer-facing technical strategy and core product engineering, you will build the SDKs and prototypes that enable developers to integrate empathetic, face-to-face AI interactions into global industries.

Why this role is remarkable

• Work at the frontier of AI research with the Phoenix-4 model, building systems that let machines see, hear, and respond with human-like empathy.
• Join a high-growth Series B team backed by elite investors like Sequoia and Scale VP, moving past the idea stage into massive scale.
• Enjoy a unique hybrid mandate where you directly influence the product roadmap by solving high-stakes technical challenges for early enterprise adopters.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate hands-on with customers to debug integrations, build high-impact proof-of-concepts, and ensure a seamless developer experience with the Tavus platform.
• Engineer internal tools, SDKs, and sample applications that demonstrate the power of real-time human simulation and accelerate platform-wide adoption.
• Identify recurring technical friction points in the field and translate those patterns into specific feature requirements for the core engineering and product teams.

Qualifications

• Possesses exceptionally strong software engineering fundamentals with a deep curiosity across the entire stack, including ML inference, networking, and infrastructure.
• Demonstrates a product-manager mindset, capable of identifying user patterns and advocating for platform improvements that enhance the overall developer experience.
• Maintains a fierce bias toward action and a founder's mentality, taking full ownership of complex problems until they are completely resolved.