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Source, pitch, negotiate, and close enterprise data partnerships that supply proprietary datasets to frontier AI labs. Manage end-to-end deals, translate technical data requirements, structure commercial and compliance terms, maintain C-suite relationships, and partner with engineering and legal to deliver compliant, recurring licensed data.

High-volume sourcing and initial screening for the Handshake AI Fellowship. Own top-of-funnel sourcing, engage passive technical/STEM candidates, provide market insights, track recruiting metrics in Ashby, and hand off qualified candidates to project teams.

Lead design and build of large-scale data infrastructure, evaluation systems, and developer tooling for AI coding models. Architect scalable data pipelines, execution environments, and backend services; improve reliability and observability; partner with ML researchers; mentor engineers and drive reusable platform standards.

Lead a team bridging frontier AI research and enterprise delivery to design post-training and RL environments, scale post-training infrastructure, support strategic lab projects, manage client relationships, and grow engineering and research talent while shaping technical roadmap.

Build and ship growth-focused experiments across onboarding, activation, retention and notifications. Architect and scale distributed backend systems for millions of users, collaborate with PMs and data scientists, mentor engineers, and balance rapid iteration with production-grade durability.

Lead two engineering teams (Quality and Annotations) totaling ~15 engineers to build AI quality/evaluation tooling and an annotations platform. Own operator workflows, tasking flows, and pipeline infrastructure, develop senior ICs and EMs, set cross-team technical strategy, and partner with stakeholders to prioritize platform investments that accelerate data delivery and model evaluation.

Own end-to-end relationships for $100M+ frontier AI lab accounts, translating ambiguous goals into clear priorities, partnering with delivery teams, making high-judgment tradeoffs, driving expansion and renewal, and defining KPIs and SLAs to ensure customer and leadership alignment.

The Staff Forward Deployed Engineer will define technical strategies, oversee deployments for strategic clients, and mentor engineers while enhancing engineering practices.

The Senior Forward Deployed Engineer will lead deployment solutions, mentor other engineers, and enhance customer engagement through technical leadership and innovative problem-solving.

Source, pitch, negotiate, and close enterprise data licensing partnerships for Handshake AI. Translate research requirements into partner profiles, structure commercial and privacy-compliant terms, manage C-suite relationships through long sales cycles, and coordinate with engineering and data teams to deliver signed datasets. Forecast and report pipeline and closed deals.