Forward Deployed AI Engineer

San Francisco on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 21, 2025 Last posted March 21, 2025
Job description

Role

At Variance, we are teaching machines to make the hardest judgement calls at scale. That means building AI agents for the high-stakes gray-area of risk investigations, fraud, and identity reviews.

We’re a small, talent-dense team in San Francisco, with former founders and talent from top AI labs. Our customers include several Fortune 500s, global marketplaces, and regulated financial institutions. If you thrive on extreme ownership, moving fast, and working directly with founders, you’ll feel at home here.

This is an in-person position. Our office is located in San Francisco, CA.

What will your day-to-day look like

  • Own the end-to-end integration strategy of Variance to our enterprise customers

  • Understand and partner with customers to understand their needs and set their strategy with Variance

  • Build GenAI-powered agentic workflows and automation for billion-scale events

  • Serve as the primary, ongoing technical point of contact for our users

Requirements

  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment

  • Past experience working with LLM solutions, and a deep understanding of GenAI

  • Strong Coder with proficiency in Python, Java, Typescript, or similar

  • Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity

What we offer

  • Health care: we offer platinum-level medical, dental, and vision insurance

  • Unlimited PTO, sick leave, and parental leave

  • Up to $100 in reimbursement for personal health & wellness expenses each month

  • Free lunch and dinner

  • 401(k) plan

About this role

Summary

Build and deploy AI agents for risk, fraud, identity reviews; client-facing role

Job title

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Experience level

not specified

Industry

software

Location requirements

In-person in San Francisco, CA, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

pythonjavatypescriptLLMGenAI

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

LLMGenAIai automation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Francisco, CA, USA

On-site City