Senior Forward Deployment Engineer

Clera
Germany
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to engineers with hands-on experience in deploying LLM applications and strong coding skills, working in a remote AI communications software environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in deploying LLM applications and a history of translating customer requirements into production workflows
    — “translating customer requirements into robust implementation plans and production workflows”
  • Professionals with cloud deployment and observability fundamentals, and a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset
    — “Cloud deployment and observability fundamentals, and a pragmatic, delivery focused approach”

Things to consider

  • Remote work is expected, despite being based in Germany, which may require time zone alignment
    — “Remote, based in Germany”
  • German language proficiency is a key requirement, even for exceptional candidates
    — “German proficiency at B2 level or above. Exceptional candidates who do not meet this language level may also be considered”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with LLM deployment and production debugging in your resume and interviews
    — “Debug production issues across calls, workflows, and data, and deliver timely fixes”
  • Showcase your work with third-party integrations using APIs, webhooks, and OAuth
    — “Build integrations with third party systems using APIs, webhooks, OAuth, and API keys”
  • Demonstrate your ability to create reusable deployment templates and share insights with product teams
    — “Create reusable deployment templates and playbooks, and share recurring customer needs with product and engineering”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • customer deployments
  • product improvements
  • reusable deployment templates
Typical background
several years of practical experience in AI and software engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

AI DeploymentAPI IntegrationsProduction DebuggingCloud Deployment

Preferred

TypeScriptPythonSQLAutomation Tools

About the role

Original posting from Clera via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a small, fast moving engineering team at an AI communications software company. You will lead customer deployments from requirements through production, helping ensure voice AI systems work reliably and turning deployment insights into product improvements.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Translate customer requirements into robust implementation plans and production workflows.
  • Configure AI logic, prompts, data flows, and guardrails for live customer deployments.
  • Build integrations with third party systems using APIs, webhooks, OAuth, and API keys.
  • Develop and test glue code and features, with appropriate monitoring and logging.
  • Debug production issues across calls, workflows, and data, and deliver timely fixes.
  • Create reusable deployment templates and playbooks, and share recurring customer needs with product and engineering.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • Several years of practical experience translating customer requirements into production implementations.
  • Hands on production experience with LLM applications, including prompting, tool use, retrieval augmented generation, evaluation, and failure analysis.
  • Strong coding skills for integrations and application features, plus experience with testing, monitoring, logging, and production debugging.
  • Cloud deployment and observability fundamentals, and a pragmatic, delivery focused approach.
  • German proficiency at B2 level or above. Exceptional candidates who do not meet this language level may also be considered.
  • Experience in a startup engineering environment is useful. Voice or telephony integrations, TypeScript or Python, SQL, automation tools, and privacy considerations are advantageous.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary is €60,000 to €90,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

Remote, based in Germany.

Source: Clera careers (Ashby)

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