Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences

Skills

About the Role

You'll lead end-to-end deployments of OpenAI models inside life sciences organizations and research institutions, working with domain experts to turn real-world data and constraints into production systems. You'll scope work, build evaluation loops, define launch criteria for regulated environments, and distill learnings into reusable assets. Hybrid with 3 days in office per week and up to 50% travel.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software/ML engineering or technical deployment experience in biotech, pharma, clinical research, or scientific software
• Experience owning customer GenAI deployments end-to-end
• Experience delivering AI systems in regulated settings such as trial design or regulatory writing
• Clear communication across scientific, technical, and executive audiences
• Systems thinking with high execution standards
• Travel up to 50%

Responsibilities

• Design and ship production systems around models, owning integrations, data provenance, and reliability
• Lead discovery and scoping from pre-sales through post-sales
• Define and enforce launch criteria for regulated contexts
• Build in sensitive scientific data environments with auditability and access controls
• Run evaluation loops against workflow-specific scientific benchmarks
• Distill learnings into reference architectures, validation templates, and benchmark harnesses

Benefits

• Equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
• Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
• Flexible PTO
• 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid life and disability coverage
• Learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
• Relocation support
• Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
• Performance-related bonus