Forward Deployed Engineer
Strala is rebuilding the foundation of the world’s largest industry - insurance.
In less than a year, we reached multi seven-figure ARR and are growing 50% MOM. We raised two rounds from Tier 1 funds including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, led by the partner who was early in OpenAI, Cognition and Scale AI. Our team comes from institutions like Harvard, Berkley & Oxford and firms like Optiver, AMD & Palantir (+ICPC, NeurIPS backgrounds).
In this role you will
Help deploy use cases into production with a major business impact.
Architect, prototype, and launch full-stack tailored solutions through quick, data-driven iterations.
Collaborate directly with customers to design and refine AI-driven solutions, including prompt engineering and model integration.
Work hands on with the client’s tech team, to integrate with their existing APIs and systems.
Coordinate with our core platform team to ensure smooth delivery and improve the product with actionable insights.
Capture and share best practices in internal playbooks to scale Forward-Deployed Engineering.
You will thrive if you
Have 2+ years in software or customer engineering, with strong customer-facing experience.
You have deep understanding of concepts and algorithms underlying machine learning and LLMs, including fine-tuning LLMs and agentic use cases.
Want to own problems end-to-end and are willing to pick up whatever you need to get the job done.
Have strong familiarity and hands-on experience with React on the front end, and Python, Node.js, or similar on the back end, and can deploy to AWS, GCP, or Azure with ease.
Are excited about and ideally have deployment experience with applied AI/ML solutions.
Enjoy building close relationships with customers and excel at explaining the connection between complex technical concepts and business outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Prototype quickly, iterate with users, and deliver solutions that solve the root problem.
Values
Ambition: We want to win, and we need to be the best
Performance: Speed, system thinking, efficiency
Ownership: When we see a problem, we take ownership of it, and we solve it
Spirit: Clarity, optimism, meritocracy
We Offer
Impact - Shape a company, redefine an industry, and make your code impact millions.
Intensity - Complex problems, ownership, in-person in SF - we are here to solve problems and win.
Reward - Interesting work, top quartile salary, top quartile equity.
Team - Everyone on our team considers themselves the most competitive and intense person they have ever met.
Zero Barriers - We want the best people and will do whatever it takes. That includes full relocation support, covering all meals and paying for any product that makes you more productive.