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As a Senior Software Engineer - FDE on the Frontier Company Engineering team, you will work in a Forward Deployed Engineering model to solve complex challenges for large organizations. You will join multidisciplinary teams of data scientists and product managers to design, build, test, and operate production-grade software and services that are secure, reliable, and scalable. Your daily work involves translating business needs into technical designs, driving engineering best practices like CI/CD and automated testing, and building reusable components. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You will specifically focus on the domain of AI and LLM-based solutions, utilizing prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented approaches, model tuning, and cloud AI platforms to turn data-driven insights into production-ready systems that solve problems at scale for global customers.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.
Design, build, test, and operate secure, reliable, and scalable production-grade software services.
Translate business needs into technical designs by partnering with customers and internal stakeholders.
Drive engineering best practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and observability.
Deliver end-to-end customer outcomes through rapid prototyping and iterative feedback loops.
Build reusable components, reference implementations, and patterns for use across multiple teams.
Lead technical workstreams by breaking down ambiguous problems and aligning stakeholders to drive execution.
Apply AI and LLM technologies to develop high-quality, production-ready solutions.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Equivalent experience to a Bachelor's degree and 4 years of engineering experience is acceptable.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of experience (preferred).
Experience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver solutions end-to-end (preferred).
Experience designing, deploying, and operating AI or LLM-based solutions including prompt engineering, RAG, model tuning, and cloud AI platforms (preferred).
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time (preferred).