Founding Customer-Facing AI Engineer
Location: San Carlos, CA (Onsite)
Compensation: $200K - $310K base + bonus + equity
Visa Sponsorship Available
A fast-moving AI company is looking for a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to join a small, dynamic team helping enterprise clients implement intelligent voice agents in high-impact environments. This hybrid role blends engineering, product, and customer success-and is perfect for someone who thrives in both technical deep-dives and customer-facing problem-solving.
If you're energized by fast iteration, direct customer collaboration, and seeing your solutions make an immediate difference in the real world, this is your kind of role.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Work hand-in-hand with enterprise clients to deploy voice-based AI solutions in production
- Embed with customer teams to navigate complex systems, deliver custom integrations, and ensure successful adoption
- Lead technical workshops, run demos, and provide hands-on support throughout onboarding and deployment
- Act as a feedback loop between customer needs and internal product/engineering teams to guide roadmap priorities
- Troubleshoot roadblocks, improve documentation, and build scalable tooling to accelerate implementation
- Travel as needed to customer locations, deliver expert support, and ensure seamless rollouts
- Collaborate across departments to ensure the company is delivering measurable results for customers
What You Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 1+ year of experience in a technical role (software engineering, systems integration, or similar)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills-you can clearly explain complex topics to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable working across both engineering and sales functions; highly collaborative and results-driven
- Fast-moving and adaptable-able to manage multiple priorities and pivot quickly as needs evolve
- Passionate about learning and eager to grow with a mission-driven team
Perks & Benefits:
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Free daily meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and unlimited snacks
- Gym access and commuter reimbursement
- Internet and mobile phone expenses covered
- Visa and green card sponsorship
This is a unique opportunity to join a venture-backed startup at the ground floor and help shape how voice AI transforms enterprise workflows. If you're someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering and real-world impact, you'll find both challenge and purpose here.