Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)

Location: Munich, Germany; hybrid role with an in-office culture of more than four days per week. The role includes on-site customer workshops and travel across DACH. Native-level German and fluent English are required.

Company

hirify.global builds a Procurement Intelligence Platform that connects AI with manufacturing data, helping industrial companies analyze suppliers, parts, materials, and procurement processes.

What you will do

• Demonstrate procurement insights using prospects' and customers' spend, supplier, and parts data.
• Build data pipelines, agents, and custom logic on the hirify.global platform using real production data.
• Run customer workshops, work directly with buyers and key users, and debug alongside customer IT teams.
• Turn repeated customer solutions into reusable product capabilities that drive revenue.
• Automate recurring implementation steps by building and validating agents.

Requirements

• Experience building software, automations, agents, or technical projects used by real users.
• Daily hands-on use of AI tools such as Cursor, Claude, Codex, and agents, including building with LLMs against messy real-world data.
• Working-level SQL and Python, or the ability and motivation to develop these skills quickly with AI leverage.
• Ability to work effectively with incomplete requirements, undocumented data, and conflicting stakeholders.
• Ability to explain technical decisions clearly, handle customer pushback, and avoid over-promising.
• Native-level German and fluent English.
• Based in Munich and willing to travel across DACH.
• Comfort with frequent customer contact, broad responsibilities, and hands-on work in customer environments rather than narrowly specialized engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• In-office culture in central Munich, with high expectations, fast growth, and strong ownership.
• Competitive salary and company equity.
• Development budget, Lunch & Learns, peer mentoring, and external speakers.
• 26 vacation days plus 4 fixed company rest days, regular off-sites, and team events.
• Wellpass membership, fruit, Jobrad, voluntary pension contributions, and a voluntary KITA subsidy.

Hiring process

• 20-minute introductory conversation.
• 45-minute Hiring Manager interview.
• On-site day including a one-hour case with three Builders and Pool Leads, followed by a 30-minute Meet the Team session.