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Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI

San Francisco

SpringCube

Full-time - Senior Engineer

Professional & Business Services

Posted 23 hours ago

Disclosed upon interview

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Job Description

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Company Overview

A mission-driven organization focused on improving access to early childhood education through technology, personalized coaching, and responsive support. The organization works with childcare providers and small business owners to help them launch and grow in-home programs while also partnering with government organizations to modernize public childcare infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work directly with users and internal teams to identify high-impact problems and develop product solutions.
  • Write production code and deliver frequent improvements across the customer journey.
  • Use AI-powered development tools such as Windsurf, Cursor, and similar technologies to improve development velocity and output quality.
  • Build and deploy AI-powered tools that reduce manual effort and improve experiences for providers, parents, and government partners.
  • Automate onboarding workflows, proposal generation, reporting processes, and other operational activities.
  • Own the complete product development cycle, including user discovery, solution design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and adoption.
  • Prioritize initiatives based on business impact and collaborate across teams to deliver measurable results.
  • Work closely with sales, onboarding, and account management teams to automate workflows and improve customer experiences.
  • Identify opportunities to use AI and automation to unlock new growth and operational efficiencies.
  • Travel as needed to work directly with customers and understand real-world operational challenges.
  • Continuously gather customer feedback and use insights to improve products and workflows.

Success in the Role

  • Identify user pain points quickly and consistently deliver solutions that address them.
  • Develop and deploy AI-powered internal tools and product experiences that improve key business metrics such as conversion, retention, and revenue.
  • Own feedback loops from initial discovery through deployment and continued iteration.
  • Enable internal teams to operate more efficiently with fewer manual processes and resources.
  • Maintain close relationships with customers while moving quickly from problem identification to implementation.
  • Operate independently with a high level of ownership and minimal supervision.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience building products, launching initiatives, acquiring users, or independently generating measurable business results.
  • Strong technical ability with experience writing and shipping production code.
  • Experience with Python, JavaScript, or similar programming languages.
  • Hands-on experience using AI and large language models (LLMs).
  • Familiarity with AI-powered developer tools such as Windsurf and Cursor.
  • Ability to communicate directly with users and translate customer insights into product and technical decisions.
  • Strong understanding of business priorities and the ability to prioritize initiatives based on return on investment (ROI).
  • Experience working across engineering, product, operations, sales, or other cross-functional teams.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
  • High level of ownership and ability to work independently.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience founding or helping build a company.
  • Experience launching products that gained users or generated revenue.
  • Consulting experience or exposure to business strategy.
  • Experience managing a P&L or other business ownership responsibilities.
  • Business school experience.
  • Experience developing AI-powered applications and internal tools.
  • Experience working directly with customers in a forward-deployed engineering, solutions engineering, consulting, or similar capacity.

Why Join

  • Contribute to technology that supports families, childcare providers, small business owners, and communities.
  • Take ownership of strategically important initiatives and operate with a founder-like mindset.
  • Work with a small, fast-moving team focused on rapid execution.
  • Engage directly with users and see products go live quickly.
  • Build AI-powered solutions that address real-world operational challenges.
  • Help shape the future of early childhood education and childcare through technology.

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