Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

October 21, 2026

Hybrid

Senior

Canada

Keep in mind

Citizenship requirement applies

Also worth knowing

Mandatory office attendance
3 days per week

Description

An AI-powered learning platform is hiring a founding member of its Forward Deployed Engineering team to bridge agentic AI technology and real-world customer impact. The role works hand-in-hand with strategic enterprise customers, mapping complex L&D workflows and turning them into autonomous AI agents. You own the full product lifecycle from discovery and systems architecture to production deployment, monitoring and iterative optimization. The position is full-time and based in Remote Canada, with three days a week together in the office.

Responsibilities

Define how the Forward Deployed Engineering team operates, set internal playbooks and shape the technical roadmap
Partner directly with strategic enterprise customers to map complex L&D workflows and pinpoint high-impact opportunities for agentic AI
Design, build and deploy bespoke AI agents that integrate with customer systems and the internal agent hub
Translate hands-on customer insights into foundational platform enhancements and scalable features for the broader ecosystem
Own the product lifecycle from discovery and system architecture through production deployment, monitoring and iterative optimization
Shape the founding team culture, operational rituals and cross-functional org design

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience building, shipping and maintaining production-grade full-stack software products
Prior experience building, fine-tuning or deploying agentic AI systems and LLM-powered applications in production environments
Strong customer-centric focus and communication skills to engage directly with enterprise stakeholders
Comfort making high-stakes decisions with partial information and working without clear specs or structured hand-offs
Proven ability to build prototypes quickly, experiment boldly and iterate on real-world usage and customer feedback
Proficiency in frontend development with React and TypeScript and backend development with Next.js and TypeScript
Strong architectural background with distributed systems, AWS, Kubernetes and LLM providers
Experience with engineering tooling such as GitLab, Datadog, OpenTofu and multi-LLM orchestration tools

Conditions

Full-time employment based in Remote Canada
Hybrid work with three days a week in the office from Tuesday to Thursday
Employee Share Purchase Plan with a 15% discount and competitive compensation package
Health benefits supporting physical, mental and financial well-being
Paid vacation days, two company-wide days off, floating holidays and birthday off
Parental coverage and employee resource groups including PRIDE, DWA, BIDOC and Green Ambassadors
Four-step interview process with a 30-minute talent call, hiring manager call and technical architecture deep dive