Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments

The role

You will own the technical build end-to-end for Strategic Deals from POC through post-close stabilization. You will work with customer engineering and product leaders to define requirements and turn bespoke needs into core product improvements.

What you will do

• Own the technical build end-to-end for a handful of Strategic Deals
• Drive technical requirements directly with the customer's engineering and product leaders
• Build technical champions inside customer organizations
• Identify technical risks early and de-risk them
• Scope solutions that generalize bespoke deal requirements into core product improvements
• Set technical direction, own delivery, and mentor the engineers on your team

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering leader or ex-technical founder with 5+ years of industry experience in software engineering
• Strong appetite for customer-facing work
• Comfort owning high-stakes accounts with significant ambiguity
• The ability to quickly assess how long different technical paths will take, weigh their risks, and choose between them under pressure

Nice to have

• experience productionizing agentic systems

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
• Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
• Parental Leave
• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
• Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
• Daily lunches and snacks in the office
• Take what you need vacation policy

About the company

Decagon is a conversational AI platform that enables enterprises to deploy AI agents across various channels. The company is an in-office company driven by values like Just Get It Done and The Polymath Principle.