Forward Deployed Engineer

About the team PromptQL’s Forward Deployed Engineers sits on our AI Catalyst Team (ACT). We are a group of technical GTM professionals that drive our future and current customer’s success by architecting, implementing, and evolving AI solutions through PromptQL agentic-data access layer. ACT blends deep technical expertise with customer-facing skills providing expert guidance and implementation support from initial discovery through post-sale expansion. ACT enables industry leaders and enterprise organizations to elevate their AI ambitions and deliver true disruptive transformation. As we scale to meet the needs of our customers and the evolving AI industry, we are placing Forward Deployed Engineers into our customer engagements ensuring seamless adoption, strategic guidance, and world-class service to drive customer innovation and growth, powered by PromptQL Location SF Bay Area: hybrid in-office 3 days per week Other locations in the US: remote About the role PromptQL is looking for Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) to guide our customers through their entire technical journey with us. You are a strategic advisor, as well as a hands-on executor, that serves as the technical cornerstone throughout our customer’s AI transformation journey. The role spans pre-sales technical validation, solution architecture, implementation, and ongoing customer success. This kind of impl [... source excerpt omitted ...] ile familiarity with the AI industry can be helpful, the most important quality is a mindset that questions convention and seeks better solutions in an AI first environment. Role Requirements 7+ years of experience in technical pre-sales and/or post-sales implementation roles Proven track record as a Principal Architect, Professional Services Consultant, Technical Delivery Lead, or Pre-Sales Engineering Leader Direct experience designing, building, or implementing generative AI applications Familiarity with large language models, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks Experience with data access technologies and API development Background in implementing complex dat [... source excerpt omitted ...] er Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred About you Must thrive in high ambiguous, fast moving start up environments Must be able to travel onsite to customer engagements Must be highly collaborative and think outside of the box (no egos allowed!) Must be curious about emerging, innovative tech, particularly around AI Must be a self-starter and customer obsessed Compensation $180,000 - $240,000 base salary + Commissions Commissions Equity About PromptQL We’re helping the world’s most innovative enterprises build AI-native applications with 100% reliability on their enterprise data with PromptQL. PromptQL is the AI platform that delivers huma