Forward Deployed Engineer

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global provides a secure, efficient, and privacy-centric platform for exchanging AI training data.

What you will do

• Define the technical needs and strategy of a new vertical with the GM and early customers.
• Build reusable patterns, integrations, workflows, and tooling on top of the existing platform.
• Lead initial customer engagements from technical scoping through delivery and post-launch support.
• Make architectural decisions about platform capabilities versus vertical-specific solutions.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Lab, and other FDEs to identify reusable patterns and product opportunities.
• Create a technical playbook and foundation that future engagements and hires can build on.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering experience, including meaningful 0→1 work as a founding engineer, early technical lead, or builder in an ambiguous environment.
• Strong engineering generalist instincts with a backend and data orientation.
• Hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience working across infrastructure, application logic, and data systems.
• Strong technical judgment, communication, and ability to work with senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Ability to independently scope customer requirements and translate them into concrete execution plans.

Nice to have

• Founding engineer experience at a successful startup.
• Experience extending an existing platform into a new domain or use case.
• Experience turning customer-specific work into reusable infrastructure or product capabilities.
• Familiarity with ML, NLP, or LLM-based systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Lean, fast-moving, high-trust environment focused on velocity and impact.
• Values include integrity, resourcefulness, kindness, candor, collaboration, and accountability.
• Emphasis on ownership, continuous improvement, and high-quality technical work.
• Opportunity to shape a new business line and its technical foundation.