Forward Deployed Engineer - AI GTM Platform

Deployment Strategist: AI GTM ToolingLocation: San Francisco, CA (In-Office)Compensation: $150,000 - $185,000 + Meaningful, Early Stage EquityThe Opportunity: Join the "0 to 1" Team at a $6M Seed AI Start-upOur client is on a mission to "Kill the Book a Demo button." They’ve built a self-improving AI agent that conducts 24/7, personalized, conversational product demos for industry leaders like Attio and Linear. Having recently secured $6M in funding from top-tier VCs, they are scaling their founding team to handle a massive surge in enterprise demand.Instead of forcing buyers to wait days for a sales call, their platform acts as an AI clone of a company’s best Sales Engineer, handling deep technical questions, navigating complex workflows, and capturing buyer intent in real-time.As a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, you will sit at the literal epicenter of the product’s deployment, writing the code and designing the architecture that allows these AI agents to seamlessly integrate into complex enterprise software stacks.The Hybrid Reality: Engineering + StrategyThis is not a passive implementation role or standard customer support. You are a full-stack builder who acts as an external CTO for new clients. You will write production-level code, architect AI performance loops, and drive high-level technical strategy directly with customer executives.What you’ll do:Architect AI Integrations: Lead the 0-to-1 technical deployment for enterprise clients, integrating the AI agent into deep workflows, CRMs (Salesforce/HubSpot/Attio), and web hooks.Build Simulation Infrastructure: Design and code automated "buyer simulation" environments to stress-test the AI’s logic, handling of technical objections, and edge cases before going live.Write the Scaling Playbook: Build internal tools, SDKs, and automated deployment pipelines to transition the company from high-touch implementation to a highly scalable rollout engine.Core Product Influence: Act as the ultimate feedback loop. You will work side-by-side with the internal engineering team and founders to push code that turns customer-facing constraints into core product features.The Profile We NeedThis is a founding team role requiring a rare combination of technical depth, high agency, and product-mindedness.Startup Pedigree: Proven experience working inside a Tier-1 VC-backed startup. You understand the velocity, ambiguity, and intensity of the 0-to-1 phase.Full-Stack Technical Depth: Strong engineering foundation. You are highly comfortable working across the entire stack, managing complex APIs, data flows, and systems architecture.Strategic & High-Agency: You can hold your own in a room with a client CEO or VP of Engineering, translate their high-level business logic into technical requirements, and execute flawlessly without a manager looking over your shoulder.Voice AI Experience (Bonus): Exposure to Voice AI, LLM orchestration frameworks, speech-to-text/text-to-speech latency optimization, or conversational AI agents is a massive plus.SF-Based: Located in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for a high-octane, in-person engineering culture.Why You Should JoinFounding Equity & Impact: You’ll be one of the first 10 employees, meaningfully shaping both the codebase and the company culture.The Absolute Frontier of Tech: You aren't building wrappers. You are architecting complex, multi-agent autonomous systems that are actively changing how the SaaS industry goes to market.Elite Talent Hub: Work alongside builders from the world’s leading tech labs in an environment designed for rapid execution.