Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer | Fully Remote | Full-time

Our Mission

To change how organizations do work.

Trao is an AI R&D lab for mid-market and enterprise companies. We research, design, build, and deploy software and AI systems. We've delivered work across industries, including:

• Large banks such as CommBank (one of Australia's largest banks)
• The UK Government
• US-based family offices
• Numerous VC-backed startups

Behind the scenes is a team obsessed with over-delivering extremely high-quality work every single day. We are engineering-first, detail-oriented, and focused on solving real business problems through automation that most teams would consider impossible.

We work on very ambitious projects.

Work Style & Expectations

• Fully remote
• Fast timelines
• Daily collaboration with founders and engineers
• High ownership with high expectations

If you are NOT passionate about software, this role will be a great fit. You must be very technical.

The Role

You will own products from idea to production -- working directly with founders, engineers, and enterprise clients to define problems, build solutions, ship production code, and ensure high-quality execution. You must be comfortable embedding directly with customers and working hands-on across the full stack.

What You'll Do

• Own technical delivery and execution across multiple AI initiatives
• Work directly with enterprise clients to deeply understand business problems
• Convert customer requirements into working software and production systems
• Prioritize and build features based on customer impact, engineering effort, and business value
• Find new verticals to grow in

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Software Engineer
• Extremely high ownership attitude, and you must be very technical
• Passion for software/AI
• Experience working closely with software engineering teams and directly with customers
• Ability to write production-quality code
• Excellent communication skills
• High ownership with exceptional attention to detail
• Comfortable working in fast-paced startup environments with ambiguity

How to Apply

Apply directly on LinkedIn.

Beyond applying on LinkedIn, if you believe you're a very strong fit, email [HIDDEN TEXT]:

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