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Forward Deployed Engineer (Inference & Post-Training)

Together AI · San Francisco

Posted 8 days ago · $270,000 - $300,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
8 days
Together AI's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
72% of Together AI's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Together AI
high
42 stale, 0 reposted of 61 open
Hiring momentum
77 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Together AI's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Together AI.

About this role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer focused on Inference & Post-Training, you will work closely with strategic customers to optimize their AI models for production use. Your role involves hands-on technical support in areas such as inference engine optimization, performance tuning, and guiding customers through post-training workflows. You will also contribute to product feedback and help ensure successful platform adoption by aligning with customer needs from onboarding through deployment.

Our read on this posting4.2out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

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 Together AI as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years in a technical role with a focus on inference systems or post-training workflows
  • Expert-level experience with inference engines (e.g., vLLM, TensorRT-LLM)
  • Deep knowledge of KV cache tuning, speculative decoding, tensor parallelism, and quantization techniques
  • Hands-on experience with fine-tuning and post-training pipelines (LoRA, SFT, DPO, RLHF, GRPO)
  • Strong Python skills and experience in production environments
  • Broad knowledge of state-of-the-art open-source models and model selection for customer use cases

What you get

  • Competitive compensation
  • Startup equity
  • Health insurance
  • Flexibility in terms of remote work

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of career growth opportunities or training programs
  • The role requires deep technical expertise, which may limit accessibility for less experienced candidates

Summarised from Together AI's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Together AI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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