Skyrocket Ventures

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier AI Lab

We captured this posting once, on 2026-08-05, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Skyrocket Ventures
Location
New York, NY
Seniority
Not stated
Experience asked for
Not stated
Pay band
$250K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-07-24 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-08-05 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

productizing researchcustomer embeddingbackendautonomyefficiencycreativityproblem-solvingattention to detailpython

From the posting

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier AI Lab Location: New York, NY. In office on average 3x/week; you will split your time between working remotely and being in-office at customers’ offices. The company is a stealth AI neo-lab building and training massively multi-agent, self-improving systems. The company is creating the world’s most intelligent AI systems, and utilizing their technology to solve the world’s hardest and most valuable problems. The company has raised a very large round of Series A funding from various investors including one of the leading foundation model companies, top early-stage investors, and prominent hedge fund and investment firm leaders. The company has about 20 employees including 7 researchers and 10 engineers. …

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