Engineering Full-Time

AI Forward Deployed Software Engineer (US)

Aldaron • San Francisco, CA

Company

Aldaron

Annual salary

$150k – $350k/yr

Location

San Francisco, CA

Listed

116d ago

Experience:: 2 to 5 years
Workplace:: Hybrid in San Francisco, CA with up to 30% travel to partner sites
Visa:: Visa sponsorship not available
Equity:: Competitive equity

Hybrid in San Francisco, CA. Visa sponsorship not available.

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What you'll do

Build and deploy production software, AI systems, and operational tools that solve real business problems for partner companies
Work directly with the data inside a business and turn it into working systems that drive decisions: pipelines, models, and interfaces that operators use
Partner directly with executives, operators, and frontline users to understand how companies work and where technology can create the most impact
Turn ambiguous business problems into deployed technical systems, owning outcomes end to end from discovery through adoption
Co-author transformation roadmaps: deciding what should be built, what should be scaled, and what organizational changes are needed
Travel to partner sites (30, 40%) to work shoulder to shoulder with management teams and users

What you need

2+ years of post-college experience as a software engineer, with a strong CS or software engineering background
Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages, and a track record of writing high-quality, production code that other engineers depend on
Ability to reason from data to decisions: you're comfortable exploring an unfamiliar dataset, forming a hypothesis, and translating what you find into something a business can act on
AI-native working style: you use AI tools daily to write code, analyze data, and automate workflows
Strong user empathy and the ability to earn trust with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Comfort creating structure in ambiguous environments with no roadmap or clean product spec
Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate

AI Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco (in-office) Experience: 2+ years Travel: 30, 40% to partner sites

We are looking for an AI Forward Deployed Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience to join a pioneering team building a new category of technology transformation company. You'll work alongside leaders who helped found and build Palantir Commercial, deploying AI and frontier technology into real businesses to create step-change value.

This is a software engineering role first. You'll spend most of your time writing production code and shipping systems. What makes it different is where you do it: inside our partner companies, close to the operators and the data, owning the outcome rather than a ticket.

Who thrives here

Strong software engineers who want to be closer to the problem. You're confident building end to end, you can take messy operational data and turn it into a decision a business can act on, and you have real intuition for how frontline users do their work.

Engineering is the foundation. Data problem-solving and working directly with customers are what you build on top of it.

Is this the right fit?

This role is a great match if you're a software engineer who wants your work to land in the real world and change how a business runs. It's likely not the right fit if your background is primarily in data science or ML research rather than building and shipping software, or if you're looking for a solutions architect or pre-sales role. This is a builder's seat.

Location

This role is based in San Francisco. We're growing our SF office and you'll work in person alongside the team.

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What does this Aldaron role pay? +

The listing gives $150k – $350k/yr.

Is this role remote? +

The listing gives the location as San Francisco, CA. Hybrid in San Francisco, CA with up to 30% travel to partner sites. Visa sponsorship not available.