Forward Deployed Engineer

Title of Role: Forward Deployed Engineer

Location: New York City, NY (On-site, 5 days/week)
Company Stage of Funding: Series A (~$20M total funding; backed by YC, Bessemer, 8VC, General Catalyst)
Office Type: On-site
Salary: $150,000 – $225,000 + Competitive Equity
Visa: H-1B transfers + O-1 sponsorship available (no new H-1B lottery sponsorship)

Company Description

Our client is building AI infrastructure for the legal industry by automating one of law firms’ most painful workflows: timekeeping and billing.

Their platform uses AI agents, LLM pipelines, and applied automation to eliminate manual time tracking for lawyers, helping firms recover revenue while dramatically reducing operational overhead.

The company has achieved 25x ARR growth in 9 months, is already deployed across 100+ law firms, and is experiencing 20–50% month-over-month growth.

Backed by YC, Bessemer, 8VC, and General Catalyst, PointOne is scaling rapidly and hiring elite engineers to meet overwhelming customer demand.

This is a rare opportunity to join a hypergrowth applied AI company with real product-market fit and direct customer impact.

What You Will Do

Build production AI workflows for enterprise legal customers

Design and ship backend-heavy full-stack systems

Develop applied AI pipelines using RAG and LLM integrations

Build custom customer-facing product solutions

Work directly with law firm customers to understand workflows

Translate customer pain points into shipped software

Build enterprise integrations and workflow automation systems

Own technical projects end-to-end

Prototype and deploy production-ready systems quickly

Shape engineering culture at an early-stage startup

Travel onsite to customer locations when needed

Help define product direction through customer feedback loops

Ideal Candidate Background

2–8 years of software engineering experience

Strong backend or full-stack engineering fundamentals

Production experience shipping software end-to-end

Experience building applied AI / LLM systems

Customer-facing technical experience

Startup or high-growth engineering background

Strong communication and technical clarity

Comfortable owning ambiguous technical problems

Highly autonomous execution style

Willing to work fully onsite in NYC

Preferred

Experience with RAG systems

LLM frameworks / orchestration tools

Vector database experience

AI workflow automation systems

Forward deployed engineering experience

Startup founder / side-project builder signal

Enterprise customer technical delivery

Python / backend-heavy architecture

Hypergrowth startup experience

Strong Signals

Palantir-style FDE experience

Series A–IPO startup engineering

Top-tier engineering brands

Strong entrepreneurial side projects

Customer-facing engineering ownership

Applied AI in production

Backend systems depth

Technical product intuition

Elite CS background

Fast execution velocity

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 – $225,000
Equity: Competitive early-stage equity
Visa sponsorship available
$5K relocation support
High ownership from day one
Direct customer exposure
Foundational engineering impact
Exceptional growth trajectory

Why Join

This is an opportunity to build customer-facing AI systems at one of the fastest-growing applied AI startups in legal tech.

You’ll work directly with customers, ship meaningful production systems quickly, and own the full loop from problem discovery to deployed solution.

If you’re a strong engineer who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys customer interaction, and wants to build applied AI products with immediate real-world impact, this role offers exceptional ownership and upside.