Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead

Luminai; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Luminai in New York, NY is seeking a Lead for the forward deployed engineering team to guide the design and delivery of AI-powered workflow automations for enterprise clients. The role combines hands-on engineering with strategic product direction and customer impact, in a hybrid setup with three days on-site in NYC and presence in SF Bay as needed.

The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, drive field-driven projects, and shape the product roadmap based on deployment learnings across

Qualifications

• Lead with a focus on team guidance and project delivery.
• Experience collaborating with customers to deploy AI-powered solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of forward deployed engineers embedding with customers to design and ship AI-powered workflow automations.

Job description

$190K-$270K workflow automation team lead YC

New York, NY (hybrid) · Posted August 12, 2026

Why it's interesting

YC-backed Luminai automates org-wide long-form workflows for healthcare, finance and telecom - and is hiring an FDE Team Lead at $190K-$270K, a management-track FDE role that's still uncommon on the board. Field-driven product direction with real P&L-adjacent leverage.

The role

Lead a team of forward deployed engineers embedding with customers to design and ship AI-powered workflow automations; highly autonomous, hands-on, and shapes product direction from field learnings. Hybrid (3 days/week). NYC (team also in SF Bay/San Mateo).