Luma AI
Forward Deployed Engineer
Why it's interesting
A generative-video FDE seat that turns Luma's models into production systems on a customer's data — and only asks for 2+ years, with an explicit 'we're not looking for unicorns' pitch that quietly undercuts the usual FDE bar. $170K–$290K, embed-with-the-customer model.
The role
Embed with a customer, define the problem without waiting for a PRD, and build production systems on Luma's APIs and models — owning projects from first conversation to deployed system and feeding productizable patterns back to R&D. Requires 2+ years of software engineering, strong proficiency in one general-purpose language, end-to-end shipping experience, and willingness to travel to client sites. Sourced from Plank FDE census (CC BY 4.0); verified on Luma's Gem careers board.
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