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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Karumi (YC F25) · San Francisco, CA · 4 wk ago
On-siteEngineering$100k–$150k/yrFull-time

About the role

We’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to own end-to-end customer rollouts of Karumi: configuring, deploying, and operating our AI agent in real customer environments.

Responsibilities

  • Roll out Karumi for new customers: setup, configuration, validation, and ongoing maintenance
  • Perform QA and troubleshooting to ensure reliability and a great end-user experience
  • Adapt Karumi to different customer workflows, UIs, and edge cases
  • Use lightweight scripting/automation to improve internal implementation tools and reduce manual work
  • Capture product feedback from hands-on deployments and customer interactions; communicate insights to product/engineering
  • Help define best practices for implementing and operating Karumi at scale

Requirements

  • 1–3 years in Forward Deployed / Implementation Engineering, QA/testing, or solutions engineering
  • Engineering mindset: you enjoy debugging systems, finding root causes, and optimizing how things work
  • Strong attention to detail and a quality-first approach
  • Empathy for users and ability to translate real-world issues into clear product feedback
  • BS/MS in CS/Engineering/STEM (or equivalent practical experience)
  • Scripting, automation, or coding experience or willingness to learn
  • Comfort working directly with customers in technical contexts
  • Interest in AI-driven products and real-world deployments

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in CS/Engineering/STEM (or equivalent practical experience)

Skills

  • Engineering mindset
  • Attention to detail
  • Empathy for users
  • Scripting, automation, or coding experience
  • Comfort working directly with customers in technical contexts
  • Interest in AI-driven products and real-world deployments

Benefits

  • Learn a ton about how modern AI systems are built, deployed, and operated in production
  • High impact early—your work directly affects customer success and product quality
  • Fast-moving team where ownership and problem-solving matter more than titles
  • Opportunity to grow into engineering, product, solutions, or customer-facing paths

Pay

$100K - $150K

Schedule

Full-time

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