Field Engineering Leader

The role

You will build and lead the Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will own the technical side of customer motion, from initial interest to enterprise-wide deployment.

What you will do

• Build and lead the Forward Deployed Engineering team.
• Recruit, hire, and onboard the next seven Forward Deployed Engineers.
• Establish the onboarding program.
• Bring operational rigor to the existing team.
• Define the technical playbook for enterprise deployments.
• Partner across the leadership team.
• Scale the function programmatically by hiring regional leaders in year two.

Required qualifications

• Ten or more years of relevant professional experience, including significant time in senior individual contributor and leadership roles within technical, customer-facing organizations.
• A degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field from a strong undergraduate program.
• Direct experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or in a comparable technical customer-facing capacity.
• Time spent at an early-stage startup, where you've built a function or team from the ground up.
• Time at an established, top-tier technology company.
• Track record of hiring, managing, and developing high-performing teams of technical individual contributors.
• History of operating successfully in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and delivering against defined outcomes.

Nice to have

• Experience at a company that reached a meaningful liquidity event, such as an IPO or strategic acquisition.
• Background in revenue operations or sales operations.
• Prior experience as a software engineer.
• Experience managing managers, or a demonstrated trajectory toward that scope.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Budget for conferences, courses, and certifications in AI, enterprise software, and customer success
• Choice of laptop and accessories
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Customer interaction opportunities

About the company

Runlayer is a platform for MCPs, Skills, and Agents providing security, governance, and observability for enterprise AI. The company has raised $42M total and is trusted by companies like Gusto, Instacart, and Opendoor.