Forward Deployed Engineer
PromptQL
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA · Remote
USD 180k-250k / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 8, 2025
Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco • Remote - United States
Forward Deployed Engineering
Remote • Remote
Full-time
About the team
PromptQL’s Forward Deployed Engineers sits on our AI Catalyst Team (ACT). We are a group of technical GTM professionals that drive our future and current customer’s success by architecting, implementing, and evolving AI solutions through PromptQL agentic-data access layer. ACT blends deep technical expertise with customer-facing skills providing expert guidance and implementation support from initial discovery through post-sale expansion. ACT enables industry leaders and enterprise organizations to elevate their AI ambitions and deliver true disruptive transformation.
As we scale to meet the needs of our customers and the evolving AI industry, we are placing Forward Deployed Engineers into our customer engagements ensuring seamless adoption, strategic guidance, and world-class service to drive customer innovation and growth, powered by PromptQL
Location: For SF Bay Area based hires, we are hybrid in office 2 - 3 days per week. For non SF Bay Area hires, this role is remote.
About the role
PromptQL is looking for Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) to guide our customers through their entire technical journey with us. You are a strategic advisor, as well as a hands-on executor, that serves as the technical cornerstone throughout our customer’s AI transformation journey. The role spans pre-sales technical validation, solution architecture, implementation, and ongoing customer success.
This kind of implementation work calls for hustle, drive, curiosity, and a strong sense of ownership. The best FDEs take initiative, think independently, and are always looking to learn. While familiarity with the AI industry can be helpful, the most important quality is a mindset that questions convention and seeks better solutions in an AI first environment.
Role Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in technical pre-sales and/or post-sales implementation roles
- Proven track record as a Principal Architect, Professional Services Consultant, Technical Delivery Lead, or Pre-Sales Engineering Leader
- Direct experience designing, building, or implementing generative AI applications
- Familiarity with large language models, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks
- Experience with data access technologies and API development
- Background in implementing complex data projects at enterprise scale
- Knowledge of MLOps, DataOps, or AI engineering practices
- Prior experience with query languages and data transformation techniques
- Success in services-led, consultative technical engagements
- Proven track record identifying and capturing expansion opportunities in existing accounts
- Experience delivering complex data-oriented projects involving multiple stakeholders and technologies
- Strong understanding of enterprise data ecosystems, API integration patterns, and modern architectures
- Exceptional communication skills with ability to translate complex technical concepts to various audiences
- History of building trust-based relationships with technical and business stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred
About you
- Must thrive in high ambiguous, fast moving start up environments
- Must be able to travel onsite to customer engagements
- Must be highly collaborative and think outside of the box (no egos allowed!)
- Must be curious about emerging, innovative tech, particularly around AI
- Must be a self-starter and customer obsessed
Compensation
- $180,000 - $250,000+ OTE
- Ability to over achieve OTE
- Equity
About PromptQL
At PromptQL, we’re not just building AI platforms, we’re redefining how the world’s largest and most complex enterprises deliver AI transformation on their existing data and systems.
PromptQL captures and codifies a business’s unique know-how into a language that frontier models can reason with. We are laying the foundation for agents that drive decision-making and automation with human-level reliability.
We’re a team of engineers, builders, and leaders, driven by a shared belief: AI should speak the language of your business. Backed by top-tier investors and trusted by industry leaders, we’re moving fast to make AI-powered enterprises a reality.
Benefits & Perks
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance to keep you healthy and thriving
- Employee assistance programs for support when you need it
- Retirement fund contribution matching to help you invest in your future
- Donation matching to amplify your charitable impact
- Paid time off to support your well-being
- Monthly company-wide self-care day to recharge
- Stock options so you can share in our success
- Paid parental leave to support growing families
- Commuter benefits to help you save on your journey to the office
- Employee referral program to reward you for connecting us with great talent
We are committed to equal employment opportunity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law.
Applicants with disabilities who wish to request reasonable accommodations may contact us at ta@promptql.io.
While our official company name is Hasura, we do business as PromptQL.
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