Snorkel AI FDE
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
- Location New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)
- Seniority manager
- Posted 2026-03-13
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Leads a team to build and deliver high-quality datasets to support AI initiatives, owning the data pipeline and working with customers to define quality standards.
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data engineeringML engineeringoperationscustomer engagementdata generationreview processesdata pipelinesML-based workflows
Excerpt from the original posting
About Snorkel At Snorkel, we believe meaningful AI doesn’t start with the model, it starts with the data. We’re on a mission to help enterprises transform expert knowledge into specialized AI at scale. The AI landscape has gone through incredible changes since 2015, when Snorkel started as a research project in the Stanford AI Lab, to the generative AI breakthroughs of today. But one thing has remained constant: the data you use to build AI is the key to achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready systems. We work with some of the world’s largest organizations to empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators, journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster than ever before. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler! About the Role In this role, you will build and lead our forward-deployed engineering (FDE) team, working directly with leading labs and enterprises to scope, build and deliver high quality datasets to support their most critical AI initiatives. You’ll lead a team that will own quality in the end-to-end data pipeline . This will include working with customers to define what “good” data looks like to implement the relevant workflows in their platform. Y ou will design innovative ML approaches t o enhance human-in-the-loop (HITL) techniques and improve the efficiency of data generation and review processes. Your team will own systems and tools that enable consistent, scalable, and high-quality data delivery to our customers. Sitting at the critical intersection of data engineering, ML engineering, operations, and customer engagement— leading scoping and preselling efforts. You'll also partner closely with the Snorkel delivery team and cross-functional stakeholders to define quality standards, develop measurement frameworks, drive ML-based workflows to improve data pipelines and unblock projects through technical innovation. As the founding member, you’ll also roll up your sleeves to define and own the workflows and processes that are needed to deliver exceptional data at scale. Main Responsibilities - Build and lead the Forward Deployed Engineering DaaS organization, setting a clear vision, defining the operating model and scaling its impact across Snorkel’s Expert Data-as-a-Service workflows - Build, mentor, and motivate high performing teams, including cultivating skills and culture needed to consistently deliver exceptio…