Pioneer Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Home office stipend

Education stipend

Wellness stipend

Healthy lunches

Job summary

Glean, a Work AI platform, is seeking a forward deployed leader to discover and build next-generation product surfaces. You’ll work directly with C-suite executives and Glean’s engineering teams to shape solutions that scale globally and deliver measurable business impact.

You’ll drive 0-to-1 product development, own high-ambition initiatives, and ensure new offerings reach every customer. The role requires travel and a strong founder mindset to navigate ambiguity and deliver results.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in technical roles with a track record of shipping production software.
• Experience with AI-powered solutions, prompt engineering, and evaluation frameworks.
• Ability to engage with C-suite and translate diagnoses into product hypotheses.

Responsibilities

• Discover and define new product surfaces for Glean's platform with FDPM collaboration.
• Lead deep opportunity discovery by analyzing business problems and unsolved value.
• Act as a technical partner to customers' executives, explaining product rationale and risks.
• Scale successful solutions with core R&D to ensure repeatability.
• Stay aligned with engineering and product teams to evolve platform capabilities.

Skills

Founder mindset

Shipping production software

Customer-facing communication

Strategic problem solving

Willingness to travel

Education

Technical degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

LLMs

Retrieval systems

Job description

Glean, a Work AI platform, is seeking a forward deployed leader to discover and build next-generation product surfaces. You’ll work directly with C-suite executives and Glean’s engineering teams to shape solutions that scale globally and deliver measurable business impact.

You’ll drive 0-to-1 product development, own high-ambition initiatives, and ensure new offerings reach every customer. The role requires travel and a strong founder mindset to navigate ambiguity and deliver results.