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Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - Platform

San FranciscoFull-time2026-10-19 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid

Core

Lead the deployment of AI research breakthroughs into production systems for customers, defining solutions from validation to scalable adoption.

Role type

Senior IC product leader / deployment strategist

Builds

Repeatable customer deployment solutions and support models for field teams

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Enterprise Software

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Product leadership, customer-facing technical delivery, roadmap alignment, ambiguity navigation, cross-functional partnership, technical go-to-market strategy

Preferred skills

Experience taking technical products from discovery to production, translating customer workflows into product priorities, reasoning through enterprise deployment constraints

Technologies

AI systems, enterprise deployment platforms

Responsibilities

Define clear solutions and path to market for valuable customer problems; Select design partners and run pilots to test value and repeatability; Define quality and launch criteria; Enable field teams and partners to deliver solutions using playbooks; Track adoption and establish ongoing ownership as solutions scale

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities