Forward Deployed Engineer
ForerunnerAbout the role
Location
San Francisco; Remote (US)
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
On-site
Department
Software - Product
Compensation
L4
Mid-level$180K – $220K
Offers Equity
L5
Senior$220K – $350K
Offers Equity
Equity on employee-friendly terms, including extended exercise windows and a combination of ISOs and RSUs. Ask us for more details!
OverviewApplication
About Wispr
Wispr is an AI research and product company building the voice interface for computing. AI can now reason, code, and act. Yet, humans still do the work of the interface. We think that’s backwards.
Our first products are Flow, which lets you speak naturally in any application, and Notetaker, which builds context across conversations. We’re building toward an interface that can perceive, understand, and take action with earned trust. That means solving hard problems across models, systems, and product - and caring about the final human experience as deeply as the technology underneath it.
We’re a talent-dense team that holds strong opinions, tests them quickly, and builds technology that sparks joy. Our goal is to build the first voice interface used every day by a billion people.
About The Role
Every customer brings different systems, security needs, and workflows. Forward Deployed Engineers partner with customer engineering, IT, security, and business teams to ship production-grade deployments. You’ll identify what is holding a team back, design the solution, and own it through launch and adoption.
What You’ll Do
Lead deployments from discovery through implementation, launch, and adoption
Build and debug across APIs, integrations, identity, data, and customer environments
Earn trust by communicating clearly and solving problems in real time
Push back thoughtfully when a request will not produce the right outcome
Turn recurring needs into product improvements, reusable integrations, and stronger playbooks
You may be a fit if
You’ve shipped production software directly with customers
You can work across the stack and go deep when systems behave unexpectedly
You communicate clearly across technical and business audiences
You stay composed when requirements are incomplete or timelines are tight
You take ownership through delivery and adoption
Prior experience in voice, machine learning, or specific customer technology stacks is not required.
Get to know us
Our Series B
Advancing HCI
Introducing Wispr Advanced Interfaces Lab
Technical challenges behind Flow
Logistics
We sponsor H1B, O1, EB1, L1, STEM OPT, and more. We can't guarantee sponsorship for every role, but if we make you an offer we'll make every reasonable effort, with help from our immigration law firm.
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. The strongest candidates we meet rarely do, so don't exclude yourself prematurely. We're rethinking how humans interact with AI, and doing that well demands diversity of perspective and experience.
We're committed to a fair and accessible interview process. If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know.
Compensation Range: $180K - $350K
What You’ll Do
Lead deployments from discovery through implementation, launch, and adoption
Build and debug across APIs, integrations, identity, data, and customer environments
Earn trust by communicating clearly and solving problems in real time
Push back thoughtfully when a request will not produce the right outcome
Turn recurring needs into product improvements, reusable integrations, and stronger playbooks
You may be a fit if
You’ve shipped production software directly with customers
You can work across the stack and go deep when systems behave unexpectedly
You communicate clearly across technical and business audiences
You stay composed when requirements are incomplete or timelines are tight
You take ownership through delivery and adoption
Prior experience in voice, machine learning, or specific customer technology stacks is not required.
Get to know us
Our Series B
Advancing HCI
Introducing Wispr Advanced Interfaces Lab
Technical challenges behind Flow
Logistics
We sponsor H1B, O1, EB1, L1, STEM OPT, and more. We can't guarantee sponsorship for every role, but if we make you an offer we'll make every reasonable effort, with help from our immigration law firm.
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. The strongest candidates we meet rarely do, so don't exclude yourself prematurely. We're rethinking how humans interact with AI, and doing that well demands diversity of perspective and experience.
We're committed to a fair and accessible interview process. If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know.
Compensation Range: $180K - $350K
What You’ll Do
Lead deployments from discovery through implementation, launch, and adoption
Build and debug across APIs, integrations, identity, data, and customer environments
Earn trust by communicating clearly and solving problems in real time
Push back thoughtfully when a request will not produce the right outcome
Turn recurring needs into product improvements, reusable integrations, and stronger playbooks
You may be a fit if
You’ve shipped production software directly with customers
You can work across the stack and go deep when systems behave unexpectedly
You communicate clearly across technical and business audiences
You stay composed when requirements are incomplete or timelines are tight
You take ownership through delivery and adoption
Prior experience in voice, machine learning, or specific customer technology stacks is not required.
Get to know us
Our Series B
Advancing HCI
Introducing Wispr Advanced Interfaces Lab
Technical challenges behind Flow
Logistics
We sponsor H1B, O1, EB1, L1, STEM OPT, and more. We can't guarantee sponsorship for every role, but if we make you an offer we'll make every reasonable effort, with help from our immigration law firm.
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. The strongest candidates we meet rarely do, so don't exclude yourself prematurely. We're rethinking how humans interact with AI, and doing that well demands diversity of perspective and experience.
We're committed to a fair and accessible interview process. If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know.
Compensation Range: $180K - $350K
Responsibilities
- Lead deployments from discovery through implementation, launch, and adoption
- Build and debug across APIs, integrations, identity, data, and customer environments
- Earn trust by communicating clearly and solving problems in real time
- Push back thoughtfully when a request will not produce the right outcome
- Turn recurring needs into product improvements, reusable integrations, and stronger playbooks
Qualifications
- You’ve shipped production software directly with customers
- You can work across the stack and go deep when systems behave unexpectedly
- You communicate clearly across technical and business audiences
- You stay composed when requirements are incomplete or timelines are tight
- You take ownership through delivery and adoption
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Equity on employee-friendly terms, including extended exercise windows and a combination of ISOs and RSUs
Skills mentioned
About Forerunner
Forerunner is a venture capital firm dedicated to the modern consumer and the ambitious teams reshaping categories. Since our inception in 2012, the consumer has been our North Star. We commit ourselves to having a constant pulse on what people are doing and why via ongoing research, and closely observe how world events shape the way we live. We’ve invested in category-defining companies such as Chime, Faire, OURA, Hims&Hers, The Farmer’s Dog, Glossier, Ritual, and more. With nearly $3 billion in assets under management and hundreds of investments to date, Forerunner is amongst the only women-led venture capital firms to achieve such milestones.