Founding AI Solutions Engineer Production-Ready Integrations

Inworld AI; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Inworld AI is seeking a Founding AI Solutions Engineer in Mountain View, CA, to serve as the technical backbone of the revenue team. You will run POCs, build prototypes, and translate complex AI questions into clear answers for engineers and executives.

You will own the technical side of deals pre- and post-signature, ensuring customer success and scalable implementation across gaming, CCaaS, media, and beyond.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a customer-facing technical role (Solutions Engineer, Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Technical Account Manager).
• Strong hands-on coding ability; production-quality integration code. Python preferred; JavaScript/TypeScript a plus.
• Deep familiarity with AI/ML APIs, LLMs, speech models, streaming APIs; explain tradeoffs to engineers and executives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with GTM Leads on deals — lead technical discovery, run POCs, and own the solution design from first call through close.
• Build working prototypes and reference integrations showcasing Inworld's TTS, STT, LLM Router, LLM inference, and Realtime API in real context.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor during onboarding, moving customers from signed contract to production-quality integration.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for Product and Engineering.
• Answer deep technical questions live — latency tradeoffs, on-prem vs. cloud deployment, streaming architecture, model selection.
• Build and maintain a library of integration examples and technical collateral for the GTM team.
• Identify expansion opportunities by understanding customer builds and where Inworld can do more.
• Contribute to shaping our technical sales process as an early hire; define best practices.

Skills

Coding ability

Python

TypeScript

LLMs & speech models

POCs end-to-end

Technical storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical domain

Job description

Inworld AI is seeking a Founding AI Solutions Engineer in Mountain View, CA, to serve as the technical backbone of the revenue team. You will run POCs, build prototypes, and translate complex AI questions into clear answers for engineers and executives.

You will own the technical side of deals pre- and post-signature, ensuring customer success and scalable implementation across gaming, CCaaS, media, and beyond.