Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Location: Encore AI (IL)

Experience Level: Intermediate

Description

Encore AI builds the production-grade AI backbone for top-tier enterprises. We don't just wrap LLMs. Our platform autonomously handles mission-critical workflows, replacing operational friction with seamless, predictive experiences. We are a lean, engineering-driven company working directly with the biggest players in the market.

An FDE at Encore AI is a customer-embedded engineer who owns the technical success of an AI deployment end to end. You don't advise and hand implementation to someone else. You are the implementation owner. You take an ambiguous business problem, break it into solvable technical components, build the solution on our platform, and stay with it until it works reliably in production.

What You'll Do

• Own deployments end-to-end. From signed deal to production go-live and stabilization. No hand-offs.
• Build production AI agents. Design and ship agent flows on our platform: prompt engineering, orchestration, edge cases, and the testing discipline that makes them production-grade.
• Integrate into brownfield reality. Legacy systems, APIs, CRMs, telephony and customer infrastructure, while navigating security, compliance and incomplete requirements.
• Debug in environments you don't control. When production misbehaves inside the customer's stack, you find it and fix it.
• Push back with judgment. Challenge poor requirements, find creative alternatives, and align technical and business stakeholders behind them.
• Be embedded with customers. On-site several days a week during active deployments, often as the most senior technical person in the room. On-site days carry dedicated compensation on top of your salary, and every production go-live carries a milestone bonus.

Requirements

What We Look For

• Strong software engineering and systems integration fundamentals (Python / Node.js, APIs, data).
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and AI systems, and comfort using AI tools to move fast yourself.
• Proven ability to solve complex problems in legacy or enterprise environments.
• Product judgment, structured problem decomposition, and sound judgment under ambiguity.
• Clear communication with both engineers and business leaders. Hebrew fluency and strong English.
• Genuine energy for customer-facing work and measurable business impact.

What Success Looks Like

The deployment reaches production, withstands real-world constraints, and delivers the intended customer outcome.

Not a successful demo. Live, stable, and delivering value.

Why Join Us?

• Your work goes live. Production systems serving customers of the biggest enterprises in the market.
• Compensation that follows impact. Base plus paid client days plus go-live bonuses.
• Direct line to the platform. You work with R&D, not around it. What you learn in the field shapes the product.
• High bar, high trust. We hire few, trust deeply, and expect excellence.

Ready for the challenge?