Forward Deployed Engineer

Rime

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

Role facts

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.

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.

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!