Glean

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Glean
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Base Salary

$160k - $270k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Discover and build new 0-to-1 product surfaces based on strategic customer needs.
  • Lead opportunity discovery, business diagnosis, hypothesis formation, and customer validation.
  • Serve as a technical partner to customer C-suite stakeholders and communicate product decisions and risks clearly.
  • Build and ship production software and AI-powered solutions in ambiguous environments.
  • Scale successful solutions into repeatable products in partnership with Glean’s core R&D organization.
  • Work with Glean engineering and product teams to shape the evolution of the platform.

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of experience in technical roles with a track record of shipping production software.
  • Production experience with AI-powered solutions, including prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale.
  • Strong full-stack programming skills and understanding of enterprise systems.
  • Demonstrated 0-to-1 product-building experience in ambiguous environments.
  • Strong business acumen, customer communication, independent problem-solving, and builder’s judgment.
  • Deep familiarity with LLMs, retrieval systems, and evaluation frameworks is preferred.
  • Experience as a founder, at a top-tier technology company, or in forward deployed engineering is preferred.
  • A technical degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field is preferred.
  • Experience driving technology adoption inside large enterprises is preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with 3–4 days per week in the NYC office.
  • Requires 25–50% travel.
  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Generous time-off policy and access to a 401k plan.
  • Home office improvement stipend.
  • Annual education and wellness stipends.
  • Regular company events and healthy lunches daily.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and additional benefits.

Categories

Forward Deployed
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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.

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