Founding Forward‑Deployed AI Engineer

Glean; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Hybrid NYC office

401(k) plan

Wellness stipends

Education stipend

Team events

Home office stipend

Job summary

Glean is hiring a founding member of the Forward Deployed team to discover and build the next generation of product surfaces. You’ll work with FDPMs and C‑suite customers, translating business needs into new, scalable product solutions.

You’ll partner with Glean’s engineering and product teams, shipping enterprise-grade AI capabilities with founder-level ownership and a path to impact across global customers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in technical roles with production software experience.
• Shipped AI-powered solutions in real-world environments.
• Strong full-stack programming skills and enterprise systems knowledge.
• Willingness to travel 25–50%.

Responsibilities

• Identify unsolved business problems at strategic customers.
• Build new products 0-to-1 for customers.
• Partner with C-suite and Forward Deployed PMs.
• Scale successful solutions with R&D.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams.
• Define and verify product hypotheses with customers.

Skills

Tech experience

AI/LLM experience

Full-stack

Travel 25-50%

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

LLMs

Retrieval systems

Enterprise systems

Job description

Glean is hiring a founding member of the Forward Deployed team to discover and build the next generation of product surfaces. You’ll work with FDPMs and C‑suite customers, translating business needs into new, scalable product solutions.

You’ll partner with Glean’s engineering and product teams, shipping enterprise-grade AI capabilities with founder-level ownership and a path to impact across global customers.