The company is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to lead enterprise Generative AI implementation projects.
The company develops proprietary LLMs with strengths in the Japanese language and provides enterprise AI solutions combining LLMs, high-accuracy RAG, and AI agents. The company has already implemented its solutions at more than 300 companies, including major enterprises.
In this position, you will be responsible for the entire process, from customer proposals and requirements definition to architecture design, PoC, implementation, and production deployment. This role spans Solution Architecture, technical consulting, project leadership, and hands-on development.
Job Responsibilities
・Understand customer business challenges and translate them into technical and system requirements
・Provide technical support and technical consulting for new proposals
・Assess technical feasibility, system constraints, development scope, and required resources
・Design architectures and develop technical roadmaps for Generative AI solutions
・Lead projects from PoC through production deployment from a technical perspective
・Develop solutions utilizing LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and related technologies
・Collaborate with consultants, backend engineers, data scientists, SREs, and other team members
・Participate hands-on in prototype development and implementation
・Apply technical knowledge gained through customer projects to product and platform improvements
Development Environment:
TypeScript / Vue.js / Node.js / Python / Docker / Terraform / AWS / Azure
About the Company
A Japan-based AI technology company with strengths in Generative AI and LLM technologies.
Rather than simply utilizing external AI models, the company possesses the technical capabilities to develop large-scale Japanese-language LLMs in-house and promotes AI implementation tailored to enterprise business environments.
The company has implemented its solutions at more than 300 companies, including major enterprises, and has approximately 150 employees. In 2024, the company raised ¥4.5 billion in funding, bringing its total funding to approximately ¥8.8 billion.
Why Join This Role?
・Lead Generative AI projects beyond the PoC stage through production deployment
・Work directly on complex business challenges faced by major enterprise companies
・Take end-to-end responsibility from proposal and design through implementation and operation
・Gain experience in both customer-facing technical consulting and hands-on development
・Work with advanced technologies such as proprietary LLMs, high-accuracy RAG, and AI agents
・Apply knowledge gained through customer projects to product evolution
・Work fully remotely from anywhere in Japan
Requirements
Requirements
Required
・System development experience at an SIer or in commissioned/custom development projects
・Practical experience in system design and implementation
・Ability to independently research, validate, and solve unfamiliar technical challenges
・Ability to understand architecture diagrams and system constraints and determine appropriate implementation approaches
・Experience communicating directly with customers and solving business challenges through technology
・Ability to handle both technical consulting and hands-on development
・Ability to communicate smoothly in business-level Japanese, including technical topics
・Ability to reside in Japan
Preferred
・Professional experience as a Solution Architect
・Experience with Generative AI or RAG-related projects
・Knowledge of infrastructure architecture
・Experience with AWS, Azure, Docker, Terraform, or related technologies
・Experience breaking down technical requirements and defining the necessary engineering resources
・Experience working on projects at a startup or venture company
Ideal
・Strong ownership and ability to independently drive projects
・Ability to bridge business requirements and technology
・Strong logical thinking and technical decision-making skills
・Interest in both customer-facing communication and hands-on development
Benefits
Benefits
Compensation
Expected Annual Salary:
¥7,500,000 - ¥15,000,000
Salary Review:
Twice a year
Location
Tokyo / Full Remote Work Available Within Japan
Working Style
・Primarily full remote
・Work from anywhere within Japan regardless of region
・Flex-time system
・Core hours: 10:00 - 14:00
・Average monthly overtime: approximately 10 - 20 hours
Holidays & Leave
・123 annual holidays
・Five-day workweek (Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays off)
・Year-end and New Year holidays
・Paid annual leave
・Maternity leave
・Childcare leave
Benefits
・Full social insurance coverage
・Corporate defined contribution pension plan
・Up to ¥240,000 per year in financial support for professional development and AI-related activities
・Transportation expenses
・Regular health checkups
・Influenza vaccinations
・Company-provided PC
・Five-day onboarding program after joining
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