Founding Deployment Engineer - AI, Hybrid, 50% Travel

Xcede; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Xcede is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to lead complex customer deployments and own technical outcomes from initial problem definition through production. You’ll work directly with customers, solve ambiguous technical challenges, build reusable solutions, and help establish the operating model for a growing deployment organization. Location: San Francisco or New York City.

Hybrid work model with 3 days in the office. Travel up to 50%. Relocation assistance available.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering or technical delivery experience.
• Experience taking projects from 0→1 to production.
• Strong software engineering across frontend and backend.
• Experience leading complex technical projects under pressure.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate independently in fast-changing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical customer engagements from discovery through production.
• Build scalable deployment solutions with reusable components.
• Move quickly in ambiguous, high-pressure environments.
• Develop tools, playbooks, and processes to improve deployment efficiency.
• Coach teammates and help build a high-performing engineering team.
• Surface customer and product insights to Product, Engineering, and Research.
• Establish safe, effective practices for deploying AI in real-world environments.

Skills

Frontend

Backend

Customer engagements

Project leadership

Independent work

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Xcede is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to lead complex customer deployments and own technical outcomes from initial problem definition through production. You’ll work directly with customers, solve ambiguous technical challenges, build reusable solutions, and help establish the operating model for a growing deployment organization. Location: San Francisco or New York City.

Hybrid work model with 3 days in the office. Travel up to 50%. Relocation assistance available.