Associate Forward Deployed Engineer

New York City. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will own client projects end to end by finding where AI adds value, deciding technical plans, building systems, and improving them in production. You will lead a few projects at a time in a pod run by an engineering manager.

What you will do

Own client projects end to end
Find where AI adds real value
Decide the technical plan
Build the whole system
Keep improving systems in production
Lead a few projects at a time in a pod

Required qualifications

Have shipped and supported production software
Have built reliable systems with LLMs
Can explain decisions to a CEO or an engineer

Benefits

Base salary
Uncapped quarterly bonus based on the work you ship
Equity

About the company

Tenex builds frontier AI that works in the real world. Founded in New York City in 2025, the company builds for Fortune 500 companies across media, healthcare, retail, finance, and sports.