Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI

The role

You will work directly with customers to find pain points and build AI-powered solutions that improve revenue, operations and user experience. You will write production code, ship weekly improvements, and own each loop from user discovery to deployment.

What you will do

• Work directly with users and internal teams to identify high-leverage problems and ship solutions
• Write production code, about 50% of your time, and ship weekly improvements across the customer journey
• Build and deploy AI-powered tooling that removes manual effort for providers, parents and government partners
• Automate onboarding flows, proposal generation, reporting and other operational workflows
• Own full loops: talk to users, design, code, test, deploy and monitor adoption
• Prioritize based on business impact and collaborate across teams

Required qualifications

• Has started a company, built products that got users, or made revenue independently
• Comfortable talking to users weekly and turning insight into product decisions
• Technical enough to ship production code independently
• Experience with Python, JavaScript or similar languages
• Experience using AI/LLMs and developer tools such as Windsurf and Cursor
• Business-minded: consulting experience, managed a P&L, or business school
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity
• Comfortable with an in-person, high-trust, high-impact environment

Before you apply

• Regular client travel is required

About the company

Wonderschool helps small business owners and childcare providers launch and grow in-home programs with software and coaching. It also partners with governments to modernize public childcare infrastructure.