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FriendliAI · 2 days ago

Forward Deployed Engineer – Agentic AI

positionSan Mateo, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid Level
money$160K/yr - $230K/yr
date3+ years exp

FriendliAI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer specializing in API development and agentic systems. The role involves working closely with customers to integrate AI frameworks into their products, focusing on designing and implementing AI-powered solutions.

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Hiring Manager
Woojin Lee
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Responsibilities

Design and implement AI-powered products using FriendliAI’s APIs
Build and deploy custom inference endpoints, chat flows, and multi-agent orchestration pipelines
Integrate and extend open-source frameworks for FriendliAI integration
Develop SDKs, example applications, and reference APIs for agentic and generative AI use cases
Provide deep technical guidance on prompt engineering, API composition, and workflow orchestration
Debug and optimize context and memory across long-running agent sessions
Gather customer feedback and translate it into product-level improvements
Lead technical demos, developer workshops, or webinars

Qualification

API developmentPythonGenerative AI APIsAgentic AI frameworksOpen-source AI modelsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

3+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in backend or API development
Proficient in Python and modern web frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, or similar)
Strong experience integrating or deploying LLMs and generative AI APIs
Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, etc.)
Strong experience in integrating open-source generative AI models into applications
Excellent communication skills and a passion for improving developer experience
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in real-world environments

Preferred

Contributions to open-source AI libraries or projects
Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration, memory systems, RAG, and workflow DAGs
Experience with serverless backends or API gateways

Benefits

Daily lunch and dinner provided; unlimited snacks and beverages.
Health check-up and top-tier hardware support.
Flexible working hours and a highly collaborative environment.
We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance, and other benefits.

Company

FriendliAI

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FriendliAI is an AI infrastructure company that enables deployment, scaling, and monitoring of large language and multimodal models.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Redwood City, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://friendli.ai

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$26.75M
Key Investors
Capstone Partners
2025-08-28Seed· $20M
2021-12-15Seed· $6.75M

Leadership Team

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Byung-Gon Chun
Chief Executive Officer
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Gyeong-In Yu
Chief Technology Officer
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