Cypress HCM · 1 day ago
Forward Deployed Engineer
Cypress HCM is a company specializing in Vector Databases, Machine Learning, and AI. They are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead technical deployments for customers, integrate products into data infrastructures, and enhance SDKs and tooling through coding in Rust and Python.
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Responsibilities
Leading onsite and remote technical deployments for one or more customers, embedding yourself into their team and organization for several months at a time
Performance tuning, architecture design, benchmarking, operational hardening
Writing Rust and Python code for integrations, SDK enhancements, ingestion pipelines, and internal tooling
Contributing code upstream to core repositories – bug fixes, performance improvements, new features, and architectural refinements informed by customer use cases
Capturing product feedback from customer engagements – influencing the roadmap and design
Integrating our client’s product into data and AI infrastructure stacks
Diagnosing and resolving complex customer issues involving distributed systems, cloud storage, data movement, and more
Qualification
Required
Strong proficiency in Rust and/or Python – deployments, integrations, APIs, SDKs, tooling
Experience building and deploying distributed, cloud-native databases or data platforms
Hands-on cloud, Kubernetes, and Terraform experience
Experience with data infrastructure technologies – Apache Spark, Ray
Preferred
Experience with vector databases is preferred – similarity search, multimodal data systems
Experience in a customer-facing role is preferred
Experience with applied ML and/or AI products is preferred
Startup experience is strongly preferred
Benefits
Equity