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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days SambaNova Systems's roles stay open a median of 69 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of SambaNova Systems's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SambaNova Systems
- high 57 stale, 2 reposted of 57 open
- Hiring momentum
- 68 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
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About this role
As a Forward Deployment Engineer at SambaNova, you will work closely with strategic enterprise customers to design and deploy production generative AI applications using the SN40L platform. Your role involves architecting LLM-powered workflows, optimizing AI inference performance, troubleshooting production issues, and translating customer needs into product requirements. You will also collaborate with sales and engineering teams to shape technical strategies and present findings to both customers and internal stakeholders.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SambaNova Systems as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience with production AI/ML systems
- Deep expertise in GenAI application development including LLM orchestration and prompt engineering
- Strong foundations in ML fundamentals such as model training and inference optimization
- Proficiency in Python; working knowledge of C++ or CUDA is a strong plus
- Experience deploying AI workloads on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
Nice to have
- Experience with AI accelerators or custom silicon
- CUDA / low-level GPU programming
- Familiarity with VLLM / SGLang
- Enterprise AI deployments in regulated industries
What you get
- Competitive total rewards package including base salary and equity
- 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
- 77% premium coverage for dependents
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Short/Long term Disability insurance
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond the US location
- The role requires significant customer interaction and travel, which may not suit all candidates
- The salary range is provided but may vary based on experience and negotiation
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Listed by SambaNova Systems on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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