Forward Deployed Engineer

# Build AI that talks, negotiates rates, and enables autonomous movement of trucks from pickup to delivery

### [**Demo of AI booking a shipment in 10 minutes by speaking to 96 trucking companies simultaneously**](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394069447327555584)

### The problem

If **Walmart** needs to move a truck of avocados from **California to Chicago**, today they must:

* Speak with **50+ trucking companies**
* Check **weight and temperature requirements**
* Negotiate **price and availability**
* Do it **one call at a time**

This process takes hours and thousands of phone calls every day across the industry.

### What we’re building

We’re building **AI agents** that do this work **automatically**.

* Calls and emails **dozens of trucking companies at once**
* Checks requirements (weight, temperature, lanes)
* **Negotiates prices in parallel**
* Books a truck **in minutes, not hours**

### Proof it works

👉 In this demo, our AI **spoke to 96 trucking companies simultaneously and booked a shipment in under 10 minutes -** https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394069447327555584

### Why this is exciting

* You’ll work on **AI that handles real-world transactions through phone calls**
* Real-world, high-stakes work enabling autonomous logistics - think moving a truck from Chicago to Texas, fully coordinated by AI
* Small team, high ownership, fast iteration
* Hard problems that don’t exist in benchmarks

# What we’ll work on

### Core Agent Work

* Build AI agents that **negotiate the best prices** for Fortune 500 shippers
* **Design agent architectures** that reduce dependence on LLMs
* **Optimize** **prompts** and **policies** using creative, non-obvious techniques
* Reduce drift in long, multi-turn conversations
* Evaluate changes using **real call outcomes**, not just offline metrics

### Speech And Conversation:

* Tune **interruption handling** and **turn-taking**
* Tweak **speech models** for:
* Natural pacing
* Intonation
* Non-robotic cadence
* **Optimize** conversation timing, brevity, and correctness

### Systems & Deployment

* Own the full lifecycle: prototype → deploy → monitor → iterate
* Design and ship **production-grade agents**
* Work with **large datasets** and **backend systems**
* Build integrations and deploy to cloud infrastructure
* Set up CI/CD, logging, and live quality monitoring

### Leadership & Customer Impact

* Lead customer engagements from deployment to success
* Act as primary point of contact and unblock progress
* Mentor and grow other agent engineers into owners
* Debug live issues in real time
* Feed customer insights back into product and platform

# You can be a great fit, if:

* **Agent Engineer with Real-World Experience** – You’ve trained and shipped agents in production.
* **Know the Stack** – Understanding of tool calls, APIs, React, Python, etc.
* **Execution-Oriented** – You move fast, take ownership, and focus on solving real problems over perfect ones.
* **Startup-Ready** – You’re adaptable, resilient, and energized by ambiguity and fast-changing priorities.
* **Clear Communicator & Team Player** – You collaborate well across functions and push decisions forward.

# Details

* **Cash + Equity**
* **Location**: San Francisco, CA, US