Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Strategic Accounts

New York, NY · Remote · full time · Senior

$197,000 – $246,000

Listed on Deepgram’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

A technical engineer embedded with major restaurant chains to design and deploy Deepgram's voice AI platform into live operations, working across legacy systems and high-volume transactions. This role suits engineers who want direct ownership of enterprise customer outcomes and enjoy turning complex, messy deployments into repeatable systems.

Our summary, not Deepgram’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

Excellent software engineer with hands-on coding ability
Experience working across APIs, SDKs, webhooks, and cloud infrastructure
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve production issues in live deployments
Strong communication skills to build credibility with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Comfortable learning quickly and operating effectively in ambiguity
Willingness to occasionally travel to customer sites

Nice to have

Experience with voice AI, speech-to-text, NLP, or conversational AI systems
Early-stage startup or founder-led environment experience
Previous experience embedded within enterprise customer product deployments
Proficiency with AI coding tools