Rime — Forward Deployed Engineer

job posting·professional role·active

Official active full-time posting for Forward Deployed Engineer at Rime, located in San Francisco Bay Area.

Verified facts

Official site	https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rime/2ad83101-f3e9-4ef0-8fdf-03ff587dd82b ↗
Geography	United States
job board posting id	2ad83101-f3e9-4ef0-8fdf-03ff587dd82b
team	Revenue
location	San Francisco Bay Area
seniority	unspecified
department	Revenue
exact title	Forward Deployed Engineer
role family	software_engineering
closing date	unknown
compensation	disclosed: false · parse state: not_publicly_disclosed
posting date	2026-05-12
employer name	Rime
posting status	active
workplace type	on-site
employment type	full-time
required skills	A builder who wants to be customer-facing. You're most comfortable when you're writing code and in the room with the customer - not choosing between the two.; Full-stack capable. You can ship clean, production-quality systems quickly and aren't precious about the stack.; Deeply comfortable with APIs, SDKs, and cloud infrastructure in live customer environments.; Energized by ambiguity. You thrive when requirements are half-formed, the timeline is short, and the stakes are high.; A sharp communicator who goes deep with engineers and clearly frames business value for executives.; Done waiting on the sidelines. You want ownership, impact, and a seat at the table.
selection basis	official_current_board_freshness_or_domain_critical_role
employer subtype	speech_audio_ai_company
preferred skills	Experience with voice AI, TTS, speech, or real-time systems; Background working with ISVs, platforms, or developer ecosystems; Familiarity with WebRTC, streaming, or low-latency systems; WHY JOIN RIME; Rime is an AI lab - you're working alongside the researchers and engineers building frontier voice ai models.; Direct exposure to how frontier AI gets built and deployed at scale, across some of the most demanding industries in the world.; Competitive compensation with meaningful equity and real performance upside — we want to build a small, high-performing team that has real ownership.; AT RIME, WE...; Are outliers; Cut through the hype to focus on the craft; Move fast with agency and freedom; Maintain a growth mindset, finding joy in the struggle; Do the right things, knowing that it'll lead to making money; If that sounds like you too, you'll be a great fit for Rime!
responsibilities	Be a technical closer. You're in the room for every strategic deal - not to present slides, but to build what it takes to win.; Deploy frontier models into production. Get your hands dirty with real integrations, real infrastructure, and real customer environments at some of the largest companies in the world.; Own the POC end-to-end. Design, build, and ship production-quality proof-of-concepts - frontend, backend, integrations - fast.; Own the customer relationship technically. Manage technical stakeholders from first demo through go-live and expansion. Pre-sales and post-sales are yours.; Turn what you build into product. Patterns you identify across deals go upstream - you're a direct input to the roadmap.
work authorization	unknown
education requirements	unknown