Forward Deployed Engineer

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Game Engineering, Large Language Models - LLMs, Large scale deployment

Job Description

Inworld is a developer platform for building AI characters. We go beyond large language models (LLMs) and add performance, configurable safety, knowledge, memory, narrative controls, multimodality, and more. We’re focused on enabling character-based interactions for immersive experiences like video games, brand activations, and training simulations. 

Inworld uses advanced AI to build generative characters whose personalities, thoughts, memories, and behaviors are designed to mimic the deeply social nature of human interaction. Our platform lets you create characters with personality and contextual awareness to keep them in-world and on brand. Integrations make it easy for developers to deploy characters into immersive experiences, while scale and performance are optimized for real-time experiences. 

Inworld AI is funded by top-tier investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Intel, Microsoft, and Founders Fund, and a team of all-star angels - corporate executives, top VC funds' partners, and industry veterans from Riot Games, Twitch, and Oculus.

Your Impact

Help shape the future of AI by developing and executing on the vision for AI-driven characters in virtual worlds. In this unique role as a forward deployed engineer, you will work closely with high profile partners to define, deploy and launch groundbreaking immersive experiences.

This is an opportunity to build 0 to 1 product experiences at the intersection of many of today’s most transformative technologies. Work alongside top AI/ML engineering and product leaders to define requirements, collaborate with partners, solve technical challenges and launch our products.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 3+ years of technical experience as an engineer or PM (bonus points for both).
• Exceptional product intuition, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with strategic partners and presenting to executives.
• Passionate about learning and applying cutting edge AI researchUnderstanding and experience with LLM prompt engineering.
• Hacker mindset and ability to think outside the box

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our Product + Partnerships teams to ensure that critical partner projects are successful.
• Solve deeply technical challenges related to AI character interactions and behaviors.
• Work closely with C-level executives and industry leaders to understand business and product needs and translate them into clear product requirements for our platform and characters.
• Translate partners’ feedback and requests into product requirements and roadmap, driving prioritization and pre- and post-launch execution.
• Develop vision and prototype/pilot versions of next generation immersive experiences

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $140,000 - $240,000. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including competencies and experience.