Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Agents

About the role

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work directly with our customers, embedding inside their AI teams to help them build and deploy successful AI agents with the W&B Weave developer toolkit.

This is a hands-on, customer-facing engineering role-ideal for someone who thrives in high-impact environments, enjoys solving open-ended technical problems, and wants to shape how the world's leading organizations build with AI.

Responsibilities

• Embed inside customer AI engineering teams to design, prototype, and productionize AI agents using W&B Weave.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers make architectural decisions and best practices for agentic workflows.
• Develop reference implementations, demos, and example projects that showcase effective use of W&B Weave.
• Gather and relay feedback from the field to influence the W&B Weave product roadmap and improve the AI developer experience.
• Conduct technical workshops, deep dives, and enablement sessions to accelerate customer adoption.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges in customer environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering or hands-on coding experience
• Strong engineering background with experience in Python and modern ML/AI systems frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.).
• A minimum of a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent), in Computer Science or related field, is required.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, or orchestration frameworks.
• Ability to work directly with customers in technical consulting or solution engineering roles.
• Excellent communication skills: able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where creativity and problem-solving are key.
• Experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
• Building production ML/AI systems.
• Working with vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation, or reinforcement learning.
• Prior forward deployed / field engineering / solutions architect roles.

Pay and benefits

The base salary range for this role is $182,000 to $242,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

• The range we've posted represents the typical compensation range for this role.
• To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors.
• These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

• In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs.
• The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process.
• These include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

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