Software Engineer, AI Agent Deployment
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Job Title
Forward Deployed Engineer
Salary
Globally competitive base + Equity: top-of-industry cash compensation with a next-generation founding-member stock option package, calibrated to experience
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Company Description
Palantir wrote the playbook; OpenAI and Anthropic are now running it. The Forward Deployed Engineer is Silicon Valley's most sought-after role today: the engineer who embeds with enterprise clients and solves their hardest problems directly in code.
This company reached a $5B valuation in under two years, backed by more than $800M in total funding — going from $2B to $5B in the last six months alone. Its B2B agentic-AI platform is already live across enterprises in 35+ countries. We're looking for the FDE who will open the Japan market from the front line.
What You'll Do
- Pinpoint enterprise clients' hardest operational problems and turn them into clear technical KPIs.
- Convert ambiguous requirements into solid engineering designs and execution plans.
- Build and integrate production AI agents right on top of clients' legacy infrastructure.
- Own the entire lifecycle, from problem definition through launch and optimization.
- Drive reliability, latency, and performance in live environments.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering: you show it by building, not talking.
- A strong record of technical problem-solving, from code to architecture.
- A translator between business and engineering who can scope solutions with sales and product teams.
- High-agency: you set direction and push decisions through ambiguity.
- Excellent English, plus fluency in Japanese, to lead technical and business discussions with multinational clients.
Nice to Have
- You've thrived at a fast-moving startup where speed and ownership beat titles.
Perks & Benefits
- Global Top-tier compensation plus a next-gen founding-member equity package.
- Global stage: Japan-based, with regular exchange with the European global HQ and a global team.
- Flexible remote work and world-class wellness benefits.
- A rare scale-up experience: opening enterprise AI at the frontier, from the front line.