Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)

Location: San Francisco, United States; requires onsite work with key customers and frequent travel.

Salary: $250,000–$275,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global commercializes Ray, an open-source distributed computing platform for scaling machine learning applications from laptops to clusters.

What you will do

• Partner with strategic customers to lead proof-of-value engagements, deployments, and enterprise adoption of Ray and the hirify.global platform.
• Translate business objectives into technical solutions that demonstrate measurable ROI and strategic impact.
• Build and deliver customer-specific demos, reference architectures, and enablement programs.
• Advise technical and executive stakeholders and build confidence in hirify.global and Ray.
• Collaborate with sales, product, and engineering to accelerate deals, resolve challenges, and drive long-term customer success.
• Provide structured customer feedback to influence product direction and go-to-market strategy.

Requirements

• Fluency in Spanish and English is required for working with Spanish-speaking technical and executive stakeholders.
• 5+ years of customer-facing experience in forward deployed engineering, solutions architecture, field engineering, or software engineering.
• Strong technical foundation with Ray or the ability to quickly apply Ray to real-world use cases.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning training and inference, including distributed training, model serving, and performance and cost tradeoffs.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration in Kubernetes-based environments.
• Experience driving enterprise adoption of complex SaaS, infrastructure, or ML/AI solutions and engaging both executive and technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience working directly with Spanish-speaking customers across Latin America and other regions.

Culture & Benefits

• Stock options and equity participation.
• Healthcare premiums covered at 95%.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Wellness and education stipend.
• Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, paid time off, and commute reimbursement.
• Lunch provided when working in the office.