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Raydar

Forward Deployed Engineer

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In-Office
Toronto, ON, CAN
Mid level
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Toronto, ON, CAN
Mid level
Build and deploy AI-driven software for operating businesses, including integrations, prompts, evaluation tools, and user interfaces. Own delivery from workflow discovery through launch, tuning, and handoff. Partner directly with business leaders, manage expectations, develop reusable deployment playbooks, and serve as a trusted technical contact. The role requires full-stack engineering, production LLM or agent experience, customer-facing collaboration, strong communication, and frequent travel to client sites.
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About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Work hands-on with business teams across several operating companies to understand their workflows and deliver AI-driven software into live use. Own delivery from discovery through launch and ongoing tuning, and serve as the main technical contact for business leaders.

What you'll do

- Embed with operating businesses to learn how they work and identify the few workflows where automation will have the most impact.

- Build integrations, prompts, evaluation tooling and user interfaces to launch a first automated workflow at each business.

- Run and tune deployed systems after launch, adjusting levels of autonomy and handing off cleanly to the business team once stable.

- Act as the trusted technical point of contact for senior business leaders, setting expectations and building confidence.

- Capture lessons learned and turn them into reusable playbooks that speed up future deployments.


Requirements

What we're looking for

- Roughly 3 to 6 years of engineering experience, with full-stack ability to own delivery end to end independently.

- Proficiency in TypeScript or Python, React and SQL.

- Experience shipping production LLM or agent-based software to external users, including evaluation, autonomy controls and outcome tracking.

- A background working directly alongside customers or inside client teams as an engineer.

- Strong tenure at a recognized early-stage or high-growth startup.

- Hands-on use of AI dev tools and agents to automate manual work.

- Strong executive presence and polished communication with senior business leaders.

- Sound business instincts and the ability to shape open-ended business needs into well-defined engineering work.

- Comfort travelling to client sites 2 to 3 days per week.

- For candidates with under 2 years of experience, a technical degree from a top university.

Bonus points

- Programming experience in Go and TypeScript.

- Exposure to private equity, consulting or software operator environments.

- Background as a founder or founding engineer.

- Big Tech experience, particularly for new graduates.


Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: CAD 180,000 to 260,000 per year

- Equity

- Health, dental and vision coverage

Location and work model

- Toronto, Canada

- Hybrid: minimum 3 days per week in office (4 preferred)

- Domestic travel 2 to 3 days per week

- Full-time

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