Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Job summary

Responsibilities

Snorkel AI is hiring a Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering to build and lead our Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) function within the Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) organization.

• Build and lead the Forward Deployed Engineering function, defining the team’s operating model, technical roadmap, and standards for execution
• Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering strong ownership, velocity, and engineering excellence
• Own the design and evolution of end-to-end AI data pipelines, including dataset generation, evaluation systems, and quality frameworks
• Drive development of ML-assisted and HITL workflows that improve the speed, scalability, and reliability of data production
• Establish and standardize measurement, benchmarking, and validation systems to ensure consistent, high-quality dataset delivery

What they're looking for

• 6+ years of experience in AI/ML/GenAI engineering, forward deployed engineering, solution engineering or applied AI roles, with strong hands-on technical depth
• 2+ years of experience leading or managing engineers in a hands-on, player-coach capacity
• Strong experience building and operating data pipelines and ML/LLM-based workflows in production environments
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern data tooling; experience integrating systems via APIs. Has written code in the last 2 years
• Experience designing evaluation frameworks, quality measurement systems, or benchmarking approaches for ML systems

Tech stack

• Python
• SQL