Forward deployed engineer

Shaped is building the real-time context engine for AI. Vector databases retrieve documents - we retrieve decisions. As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Shaped, you'll bridge engineering and our customers, helping them ship on Shaped, whether that's an agent, a recommender, a search experience, or something we haven't seen yet. This requires someone who can program and also sell - a killer combo! Experience/qualities Several years of engineering experience (Ex. could ship an end-to-end backend or ML service) Comfortable with Python and SQL Have experience talking to customers, whether you were a solutions engineer or a barista Excited to wear many hats (sales, modeling, backend, frontend, etc.) Care about retrieval and recognize how broken context still is for agents today Responsibilities Help customers go from first POC to production in weeks, not quarters Run experiments to find the models, embeddings, and configurations that work for each customer Build trust with customer engineering and product leaders so they keep shipping with us Run technical demos that close deals Bring customer pain back into the product roadmap This is an in-person role in NYC (15 W 18th St). We sponsor international candidates (STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, E3). Premium medical, dental, and vision; retirement plan; unlimited PTO; commuter benefits; fully-stocked office; dinner if you stay late.