Senior/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)

Location: Pleasanton, California, United States; Flex Work with at least 50% of each quarter spent in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, or partners; travel to customer sites up to 20%

Annual base salary: $176,000–$264,000 for Pleasanton; additional U.S. locations: $148,200–$264,000. The role may also include a bonus or commission and annual refresh stock grants.

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune 500 company and AI platform for managing people, money, and agents.

What you will do

• Architect, deploy, configure, debug, and optimize AI agents and integrations in complex live enterprise tenant environments.
• Lead technical discovery with customer executives and translate ambiguous business requirements into product configurations, proofs of concept, and integration specifications.
• Synthesize field telemetry, edge-case failures, and recurring customer friction into product roadmap and engineering backlog insights.
• Turn recurring engagement patterns and custom fixes into standardized, automated, out-of-the-box product capabilities.
• Advise hirify.global Services leads, AI Deployment Architects, Account Teams, and customer executives throughout engagements.
• Own strategically important engagements from kickoff through graduation within standard six-month deployment cycles and mentor other FDEs.

Requirements

• Senior: 7+ years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development; Principal: 10+ years in these areas.
• Hands-on coding and debugging skills using Python, Java, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, object-oriented design, and integration patterns; Principal candidates also need knowledge of system architecture.
• Knowledge of hirify.global business processes, security and permissions, tenant configuration, integrations, and how customers implement and govern hirify.global.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to customer sites as needed.

Culture & Benefits

• Flex Work combines in-person and remote work, with at least half of each quarter spent in the office or in the field depending on the role.
• Employment may include eligibility for the hirify.global Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus and annual refresh stock grants.
• hirify.global provides comprehensive benefits, reasonable accommodations, and an equal-opportunity employment environment.
• hirify.global considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records where required by applicable Fair Chance law.