Forward Deployed ML Engineer

Forward Deployed ML Engineer — Production LLM Agents A fast-growing Series B AI healthcare company is hiring a Forward Deployed ML Engineer to help build and improve production LLM agents for complex medical workflows. The company is backed by top-tier investors and works with leading US healthcare institutions. This is a hands-on applied AI role sitting between the AI/ML team and customers, focused on turning messy real-world data and customer feedback into accurate, reliable production systems. What they’re looking for 2+ years in applied ML, AI engineering or forward-deployed engineering Strong Python for pipeline engineering, ETL or orchestration Experience building and shipping production LLM, RAG or agentic workflows Practical experience with evals, structured extraction, prompts and pipeline iteration Comfortable speaking with technical/customer teams Startup or applied AI company experience preferred Healthcare, clinical NLP, legal AI, financial document AI or other document-heavy extraction experience is a plus Strong technical degree or equivalent engineering depth Must be authorised to work in the US without sponsorship Role details NYC / SoHo preferred Strong preference for in-office, especially early on Open to exceptional remote candidates who can spend meaningful time in NYC $170k-$220k base, with flexibility for exceptional candidates Equity included