Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA
Full-time
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About the role

At Arga Labs, we embrace FDE as our primary GTM motion. You’ll be working directly with clients to build custom solutions for their testing infrastructure.

You have/are:

  • Previous software development experience (Python backend + TS frontend experience preferred, others ok)
  • Work well with AI coding tools, ships efficiently
  • Understands how to evaluate and refine code (good eye for catching slop)
  • Communication skills, understands how to listen to clients and decipher what they REALLY want
  • Socially active and knows how to read the room

Preferred:

  • Really good at something (we have 2 Team Canada athletes, 1 pro esports player on our team)
  • Doing startups for the love of the game
  • Believes in the vision

The ideal candidate does not need to have a cracked pedigree, though they know they possess the ability to have one.

The ideal candidate should also only write a max 150 word note with: 1. what you’ve built before, 2. thoughts on our company, and optionally 3. something you’re really good at. Long applications will get auto-archived. Thanks :)

About Arga Labs

Arga Labs provides isolated sandbox environments equipped with API twins of third-party services, enabling developers and organizations to safely test and train AI agents without risking their production systems. By offering a controlled testing ground that mirrors real-world APIs, the company allows teams to experiment with AI implementations, validate workflows, and refine agent behavior in a risk-free setting. This approach addresses a critical need in AI development, where testing in live environments can introduce costly errors or security vulnerabilities.

Required skills

Python
TypeScript
AI Agents

Interested?

Let me introduce you to the founders.

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Job details

Salary

$150,000 - $250,000

Equity

0.5% - 1%

Location

San Francisco, CA

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameArga Labs
IndustryAI
Team Size10

Funding

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Phillip Li

Phillip Li

Co-founder & CEO

LinkedIn
Akira Tong

Akira Tong

Co-founder & CTO

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.