Shelf

Forward Deployed Engineer

We captured this posting once, on 2026-05-22, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Shelf
Location
New York, NY
Seniority
Mid level
Experience asked for
7+ years
Pay band
$200K – $250K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-01-13 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-05-22 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

data modelingdata platformsetl designknowledge graphsontologiessemantic technologiesindependent operationtechnical engagementsproblem solvingfacing communicationexecutionsales mindset

From the posting

(No H1B or OPT Visa Sponsorship will be provided). About Shelf: There is no AI strategy without a data strategy. While generative AI is now mission-critical for most enterprises, nearly 90 percent of AI initiatives fail to reach production. The primary reason is poor data quality. Bad data leads directly to unreliable outputs, undermining trust and ROI. Shelf exists to solve this problem. We unlock AI readiness by providing the core infrastructure enterprises need to deploy GenAI at scale with confidence. Our platform improves the accuracy and reliability of GenAI systems by identifying and eliminating poor-quality data in documents and files before that data ever reaches a large language model. The result is better answers, faster deployment, and measurable Day 1 ROI. …

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