Founding Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

Fdetimes; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office stipend

Education stipend

Wellness stipend

Free lunches

Job summary

Glean is seeking a founding member of the Forward Deployed PM team in the SF Bay Area. You will identify unmet business problems at strategic customers and design new product surfaces that scale globally.

You’ll collaborate with C-suite executives, FDPMs, and Glean’s engineering and product teams to ensure practical, ambitious solutions that deliver real impact, with founder-level ownership and potential equity.

Qualifications

• 4+ years shipping production software.
• Experience with AI-powered solutions and retrieval systems.
• Strong business acumen and customer instinct.
• Willingness to travel 25–50%.

Responsibilities

• Own 0-to-1 product development with FDPM and executive stakeholders.
• Lead deep opportunity discovery with customer teams.
• Partner with C-suite to articulate vision, risks, and impact.
• Scale successful offerings with core R&D to reach customers globally.
• Stay ahead of platform capabilities and shape product evolution.

Skills

Founder mindset

Technical leadership

AI/ML experience

Full-stack development

Education

Technical degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

Glean is seeking a founding member of the Forward Deployed PM team in the SF Bay Area. You will identify unmet business problems at strategic customers and design new product surfaces that scale globally.

You’ll collaborate with C-suite executives, FDPMs, and Glean’s engineering and product teams to ensure practical, ambitious solutions that deliver real impact, with founder-level ownership and potential equity.