Speakeasy
Forward Deployed Engineer
$180K–$230K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Mar 5, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience (stated as a particular point of excitement).
About the job
Leads customer-facing technical evaluations and deployments of Speakeasy’s AI Control Plane, integrating it with enterprise systems and feeding customer needs into product development.
What you'll do
- Lead technical discovery, demos, proofs-of-concept, and customer deployments from evaluation through production rollout.
- Design integrations and architectures involving APIs, MCP servers, identity providers, SaaS platforms, and internal systems; troubleshoot technical issues.
- Advise customers, build production-quality code and tooling when needed, and influence product direction based on deployment feedback.
What they ask for
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
- Experience working directly with customers in technical environments.
- Ability to understand unfamiliar systems, navigate ambiguity, and solve open-ended problems.
Nice to have
- AI agent, MCP, or LLM application experience; identity and access management experience.
- Security, governance, compliance, enterprise software deployment, or startup/founding-team experience.
Pay
$180,000-$230,000 USD base salary
Tools
APIs, MCP, SaaS platforms
AI focus
Help enterprises securely deploy and govern AI agents and MCP infrastructure, including integrations, access controls, identity flows, and production rollouts.
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