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Reducto · 1 month ago

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco Office

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$150K/yr - $300K/yr

3+ years exp

Reducto is a rapidly growing company that helps AI teams ingest real-world enterprise data with high accuracy. They are seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy and tune systems in real-world environments, bridging the gap between engineering and enterprise user needs while building foundational processes for growth.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer APIsDocument ManagementGenerative AI

Responsibilities

Deploying and maintaining on-prem and VPC instances of Reducto’s systems, often with complex enterprise constraints (e.g. air-gapped, custom auth, strict latency targets)

Building tooling to make deployments faster, more reliable, and easier to debug

Creating diagnostics, dashboards, and eval harnesses to measure performance and track regressions across environments

Writing crisp internal documentation and playbooks for repeatable deployments

Collaborating closely with customers, support, and core engineers to identify high-impact improvements

Acting as a feedback loop to the product and infra teams—surfacing usability gaps, unmet needs, and opportunities to deepen customer value

Working directly with the founders and customers to shape the product direction and engineering strategy

Qualification

PythonKubernetesDeployment pipelinesProduction software deploymentDebuggingTool buildingQuantitative approachDocumentationCollaboration

Required

You have 3 to 6 years of experience deploying software in production settings—ideally with enterprise or regulated customers

You're excellent with Python and can navigate Bash and infrastructure as needed

You're very comfortable with Kubernetes

A quantitative approach to building products. Ability to debug, experiment, and iterate fast. You should be comfortable getting hands-on with the full development lifecycle, from ideation to shipping to users

You are your own worst critic. You have a high bar for quality and don't rest until the job is done right—no settling for 90%. We want someone who ships fast, with high agency, and who doesn't just voice problems but actively jumps in to fix them

Preferred

Have prior experience founding a company or building products at early stages

Are ambitious and driven, and care a lot about doing great work with great people

Keep up with the latest developments in ML/AI

Benefits

Unlimited PTO: We believe great work requires recharging.

Lunch: Receive a free lunch to eat with your teammates daily at the office

Reimbursed Transportation: Provide us with your receipts and we’ll take care of the costs

Insurance: Generous health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision.

Health and Wellness Budget: We provide up to $150/mo reimbursement for health and wellness spending, such as gym memberships, fitness classes, or similar.

Parental Leave: Work with us to build a leave schedule that works for you and your family