Forward Engineer
Metis · San Francisco · $150,000–$450,000 (stated in the posting)
About the Role
As a Forward Engineer at Metis, you’ll be part of a tight-knit, product-driven team leveraging our training platform to deliver outcomes for customers. You’ll work across the stack, from low-level systems to user-facing features, to deliver resilient, high-performance products that power mission-critical AI workflows. You’ll own projects end-to-end, collaborate deeply with platform, research, and customers to make pragmatic technical decisions that tie directly to customer outcomes.
We move fast, but we hold a very high bar for correctness, maintainability, and simplicity. You’ll be expected to write production-grade code, reason holistically about systems, and push the boundaries of what’s possible in applied AI engineering.
What You'll Do
- Translate research prototypes into production systems that enterprises and labs can reliably adopt
- Collaborate with platform, product and research teams to ship features under real customer constraints
- Write clean, testable code in modern languages while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development
- Debug complex systems, identify bottlenecks, and drive performance, security, and reliability improvements
Requirements
- Strong fundamentals in at least one modern language (Python, Go, Rust, etc.)
- Experience with backend systems, distributed computing, or high-volume services
- Strong communication abilities with a high bar for customer interaction
- Ability to turn ambiguous product asks into simple, pragmatic solutions
- Familiarity with system design, software engineering best practices, and debugging in production environments
- Comfortable working across the stack — from APIs and orchestration to user-facing surfaces
Compensation & Benefits
- Base: $150,000–$450,000
- Significant Equity
- Full medical, dental, and vision
- Wellness & L&D stipend
- Equinox membership
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided (Unlimited Doordash)
- $25,000 housing stipend
About Metis
Metis helps enterprises and labs build the most reliable AI agents by leveraging post-training. Our platform enables the creation, improvement, and deployment of the most capable frontier agents designed for rigorous, real-world workflows.
- 0 → six-figure monthly revenue in the last six weeks
- Working with several Fortune 500 enterprises & frontier AI labs
- Growing 150%+ MoM
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