Forward Deployed Engineer (Agentic AI) - $250m Series B
Quick facts
- Pay
- $185,000 – $250,000 base salary + equity
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- New York, NY
- Experience
- 3–6 years
- Skills
- Python, TypeScript, SQL, React
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Forward Deployed Engineer (Agentic AI)
Location: Either New York, NY | San Francisco, CA | Toronto, Canada (Hybrid – 3+ days in office)
Compensation: $185,000 – $240,000 Base + Competitive Equity + Visa/Relocation Support
About the Opportunity
We are recruiting for a high-growth, $250M Series B software holding company backed by top-tier Silicon Valley venture firms and premier technology founders. Unlike traditional investment firms, this team acquires, builds, and scales vertical market software businesses for the long term.
They are looking for an entrepreneurial Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to embed directly with portfolio companies (portcos), identify high-leverage operational bottlenecks, and ship live, production-grade agentic software. This is a Palantir-style deployment role—you won't be building pitch decks or quick prototypes; you will own running systems end-to-end that compound value across an entire portfolio.
What You’ll Do
- Embed & Discover: Work closely with portfolio leadership to understand their operational models and identify key workflow opportunities for AI automation.
- Ship Production Systems: Build full-stack integrations, prompts, evals, and UI surfaces to deploy live agentic loops directly into company operations.
- Operate & Scale: Post-launch, tune autonomy tiers, monitor system performance, and smoothly transition stable workflows to internal ops teams.
- Serve as Technical Lead: Act as the technical face of the platform to non-technical operators and executives, establishing trust through execution.
- Codify Playbooks: Bring patterns back to HQ to build reusable platform playbooks that accelerate future deployments.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience: 3–6 years of experience in full-stack engineering, product engineering, or forward-deployed roles. (High-potential new graduates with direct FDE or LLM deployment experience are also welcome to apply).
- Full-Stack Technical Depth: Proficiency across TypeScript/Python, React, and SQL—you must be comfortable owning end-to-end delivery solo.
- Production LLM/Agentic Systems: Hands-on experience shipping real AI systems featuring evals, autonomy gating, and outcome tracking (not just demos).
- Operator Instincts: Ability to read a P&L, understand business drivers, and translate non-technical operational bottlenecks into technical solutions.
- Travel & Work Setup: Based in (or open to relocating to) New York, San Francisco, or Toronto, with a hybrid setup (3–4 days in-office) and occasional domestic travel to portfolio sites.
What’s on Offer
- Competitive Salary: $185K – $250K base salary + equity.
- Relocation & Sponsorship: Open to H1B transfers and providing full relocation assistance.
- Unrivaled Exposure: Direct line of sight into executive management, high-growth AI implementations, and a $250M capital foundation
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Ikuto in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Engineers, All Other (SOC 17-2199) — estimated from the job title.
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Engineer” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level IV (fully competent)Engineers, All Other · New York (state median of areas). Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $74,558 | ~15% |
| Level II | $94,536 | ~31% |
| Level III | $114,535 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $134,222 | ~61% |
This job pays $185,000–$250,000 a year — that's Level IV (fully competent). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level IV registration gets 4 entries; estimated selection chance about 61% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.