AI Engineer
Summary
Senior AI Field Engineer at Fireworks AI combines sales engineering with forward-deployed engineering to help customers adopt and scale the company's generative AI platform.
AI Field Engineer - AI Natives | Fireworks AI
Role Summary
Fireworks AI is hiring senior AI Field Engineers to help AI-native customers adopt and scale its generative AI platform. This role combines sales engineering with forward-deployed engineering and owns technical discovery, workshops, proof-of-concepts, integration, and performance work.
Responsibilities
• Lead technical discovery, demos, POCs, POVs, and customer workshops.
• Integrate the Fireworks platform into customer AI/ML systems.
• Partner with customers on architecture, performance engineering, and production deployment.
• Translate business requirements into practical AI solutions and maintain strong client relationships.
• Work cross-functionally with sales, product, and engineering teams.
Required Qualifications
• 5-10 years of relevant experience; senior individual contributor ready to lead.
• Experience at a top-tier AI-native company.
• Customer-facing pre-sales experience as a Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, TAM, Engineering Manager, or Product Manager.
• Strong AI/ML depth, including fine-tuned LLMs, generative AI infrastructure, or hyperscaler AI services.
• Demonstrated success building and maintaining production systems.
• Excellent client management and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Kubernetes, ML engineering, and product thinking.
• Experience with complex enterprise AI deployments.
Employment Details
• Full-time; 8-10 openings.
• Remote, with New York and San Francisco candidates preferred.
• Regular enterprise customer travel may be required.
• Base salary: $176,000-$228,000.
• OTE: $220,000-$285,000.