head of deployed engineering
North AmericaFull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Lead and develop the deployed engineering (DE) function, acting as the technical champion for customers throughout the sales cycle and into renewal, with hands-on demos, POCs, benchmarks, and customer-facing problem solving.
Responsibilities
- lead and develop the DE team, as a player-coach
- work closely with peers in GTM to develop and refine the technical sales motion
- act as a bridge between GTM and engineering teams, and as a voice of the customer
- own the technical relationship end-to-end, from discovery, to expansion and renewal
- spend time in-person visiting prospects and customers as a key part of the relationship
- build concrete benchmarks, demos and POCs instead of slides, drive evaluations, guide implementations
- treat customer problems as your own and don't rest until they're solved
- live in customer slack channels, helping to solve problems and architect solutions
- say no when we're not the right fit and always have a growth mindset
Qualifications
- leadership exp
- ai-first
- commercial
- sales x technical
- data or database background
- linux
- python or javascript/typescript
- typist
- human
Skills
Required:leadershipai-first mindsetcommercial acumensales x technical balancedata or database backgroundlinuxpython or javascript/typescripttypisthuman
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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