Forward Deployed Engineer

Job description

Who We Are Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems—designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction. Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute. Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in. We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises. Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute. What We Are Looking For: We are seeking an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer to partner directly with customers to architect, build, and deploy production AI systems and workflows on Lightning AI’s platform. In this role, you will own the customer journey from early exploration through production deployment, translating ambiguous business goals into reliable, observable systems with clear quality, latency, scalability, and c...