Forward Deployed AI Engineer

📋 Description

• • As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer at Sardine Inc., you will serve as the critical bridge between cutting-edge AI capabilities and clients’ most complex fraud and compliance challenges, embedding directly with customers to translate operational pain points into production-ready AI solutions.
• • Day to day, you will gather client requirements, design and deploy custom AI agents for fraud prevention and fincrime workflow automation, utilize prompt engineering and fine-tuning to optimize model performance, establish AI risk metrics and evaluation pipelines, and collaborate with internal engineering and product teams to scale models into production.
• • Sardine is a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance, trusted by over 300 banks, retailers, and fintechs globally, with $145M in funding from top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Visa, and Google Ventures. The company operates with a remote-first culture across hubs in the Bay Area, NYC, Austin, Toronto, and São Paulo, valuing performance over hours and extreme ownership.
• • In this role, you will develop deep expertise in applied AI for financial crime prevention, gain end-to-end ownership of client-facing AI solution delivery, and grow your impact by shaping how advanced machine learning drives tangible business outcomes across global enterprises.