Glean

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Glean
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4 months ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$160k - $270k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Discover and build Glean’s next generation of product surfaces through 0-to-1 product creation.
  • Lead deep opportunity discovery with forward deployed product managers and strategic customers.
  • Partner technically with C-suite stakeholders to define solutions, explain tradeoffs, and manage risks.
  • Design, build, test, and ship new production software to solve previously unmet customer problems.
  • Scale successful solutions by working with core R&D teams to make products repeatable and scalable.
  • Collaborate with Glean’s engineering and product teams to influence platform capabilities and future product development.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in technical roles with a track record of shipping production software.
  • Production experience delivering AI-powered solutions, including prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale.
  • Strong full-stack programming skills and a deep understanding of enterprise systems.
  • Ability to identify customer problems, form product hypotheses, and connect business needs to buildable solutions.
  • Ability to build trust with executives and communicate technical concepts clearly at different levels of depth.
  • Experience building production software from scratch in ambiguous environments and delivering products used by real people at scale.
  • Willingness to travel 25–50%.
  • Preferred: experience as a founder, at a top-tier technology company, or in a forward deployed engineering role.
  • Preferred: a technical degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
  • Preferred: deep familiarity with LLMs, retrieval systems, and evaluation frameworks.
  • Preferred: experience driving technology adoption inside large enterprises.

Benefits

  • Remote work arrangement
  • 25–50% travel required
  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Generous time-off policy
  • 401(k) contribution plan
  • Home office improvement stipend
  • Annual education stipend
  • Annual wellness stipend
  • Regular company events
  • Healthy lunches daily

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About Glean

11-50 employees

Glean.ai is Intelligent AP. We leverage untapped invoice data to surface relevant context, actionable insights, and savings recommendations that power great spend decisions.