Keystone Strategy

Keystone Strategy

Forward Deployed Engineer (Office of the CEO)

New York · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$180kDetected 36 days ago
TypeScriptPythonAlgorithmsData EngineeringLLMsRAGForecastingLeadership

About the role

  • About the Forward Deployed Engineer (Office of the CEO) role This is a high-impact, highly autonomous builder role embedded within the Office of the CEO.
  • Reporting directly to the Office of the CEO, you will be the inaugural Forward Deployed Engineer, focused on critical initiatives.
  • This is not a traditional engineering role.

Responsibilities

  • AI Integration: Design and deploy practical, production-ready applications using LLMs, RAG pipelines, and modern AI tooling
  • Agentic Workflows: Build and implement AI-driven workflows that automate repetitive or time-intensive tasks, using emerging frameworks where appropriate
  • Data Integration: Work with fragmented internal and external datasets to build reliable, automated data pipelines and systems
  • Dashboarding: Create real-time, decision-grade dashboards and tools for the CEO and leadership team
  • Applied Modelling: Develop and implement forecasting or predictive models tied to real business use cases (e.g., operational bottlenecks, pipeline trends, or market dynamics)
  • End-to-End Ownership: Own the full lifecycle of systems you build-scoping, prototyping, validation with stakeholders, and production deployment
  • AI & Data Systems: Experience building with LLMs, RAG architectures, or modern data pipelines
  • Product Intuition: Strong judgment on what to build, how to prioritize, and how to iterate quickly based on user feedback
  • Design and deploy practical, production-ready applications using LLMs, RAG pipelines, and modern AI tooling

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a highly technical field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science
  • Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with solid foundations in APIs, data modelling, and relational databases

Nice to have

  • Ability to clearly explain technical concepts and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership, and rapidly navigating a matrixed organisational structure

Skills

  • Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with solid foundations in APIs, data modelling, and relational databases
  • Autonomy: Ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and make pragmatic trade-offs under pressure
  • Annual Salary Range
  • $160,000 - $180,000 USD
  • Internal Tools, Automation & Dashboards
  • Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools to move quickly while maintaining strong standards for code quality, security, and scalability
  • Forecasting & Prediction Algorithms
  • Demonstrated track record of shipping real products, tools, or systems-not just prototypes

Compensation

  • $160,000 - $180,000 USD
  • In addition to annual salary, we provide an annual discretionary bonus, 401k contribution, and competitive benefits package.
  • Annual Salary Range

Benefits

  • The role will also work alongside our Keystone Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (K.AIML) team, focused on building, deploying, and scaling AI-powered tools that enhance Keystone's impact.
  • In addition to annual salary, we provide an annual discretionary bonus, 401k contribution, and competitive benefits package.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in a highly technical field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science

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