{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"110c619f94f89633d491fe9a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/110c619f94f89633d491fe9a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/110c619f94f89633d491fe9a","title":"Forward Deployed Engineer","description":"Forward Deployed Engineer / Sales Engineer Location: Mountain View, CA — On-site\nAbout Granica Granica builds AI infrastructure for enterprises operating massive data environments.\nOur platform helps data and engineering teams reduce storage and compute costs, improve performance and reliability, and prepare large datasets for analytics and AI.\nGranica’s products include:\nCrunch — continuous optimization for enterprise lakehouse data\n\nMyelin — stateful infrastructure for long-running AI agents\n\nLarge Tabular Models — foundation models designed for enterprise tables\n\nTogether, we are building the infrastructure that enables enterprises to own their data, own the intelligence built on it, and scale both efficiently.\nGranica has demonstrated approximately $200K in annualized value per petabyte and verified customer value within weeks.\nAbout the Role Granica is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer / Sales Engineer to lead technical engagements with enterprise customers from initial discovery through evaluation and deployment.\nYou will work directly with data platform teams, engineers, architects, and technical executives to understand their environments, identify high-value use cases, design proofs of value, and demonstrate measurable technical and economic impact.\nThis is a hands‑on role for someone who can operate across customer engineering, technical sales, product, and engineering.\nWhat You’ll Do Lead technical discovery with enterprise data, infrastructure, and AI teams\n\nUnderstand customer architecture, workloads, constraints, and business priorities\n\nDesign and execute proofs of value with clear success criteria\n\nDeploy and configure Granica in complex customer environments\n\nAnalyze data-platform performance, reliability, and infrastructure costs\n\nTroubleshoot issues across data, compute, permissions, networking, and integrations\n\nPartner with Account Executives throughout complex enterprise sales cycles\n\nPresent technical findings and business value to engineering and executive stakeholders\n\nTranslate customer feedback into product and engineering priorities\n\nBuild repeatable technical playbooks and evaluation frameworks\n\nWhat We’re Looking For 5+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Data Engineering, or a similar technical customer-facing role\n\nDeep hands‑on expertise with Apache Spark, including debugging, performance tuning, cluster behavior, and production workloads\n\nStrong knowledge of modern data platforms, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure\n\nExperience with lakehouse technologies such as Iceberg, Delta Lake, or comparable systems\n\nProficiency in SQL and at least one programming language\n\nExperience leading enterprise technical evaluations, proofs of concept, or deployments\n\nStrong troubleshooting and customer communication skills\n\nHigh ownership and comfort operating in a fast‑moving startup\n\nAbility to travel to customer locations when required\n\nWhy Join Granica Work on foundational infrastructure for enterprise data and AI\n\nPartner directly with customers, company leadership, Product, and Engineering\n\nHelp define Granica’s technical GTM motion and Forward Deployed Engineering function\n\nJoin an early‑stage team solving high‑value infrastructure problems at massive scale\n\nHave direct influence on product direction, customer outcomes, and company growth\n\nCompensation & Benefits Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and performance bonus for top performers\n\n401(k) with company match, comprehensive health coverage, and unlimited PTO\n\nDaily catered meals in our Mountain View office\n\nSupport for research, publication, and conference participation\n\nAt Granica, you'll help build the next generation of enterprise AI —from exabyte‑scale data infrastructure , Large Tabular Models (LTMs) , and stateful AI agents . 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