{"id":"3166491047","title":"Staff Forward Deployed Engineer","posted_at":"2026-02-11T08:49:43.000Z","apply_url":"https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fal/jobs/4129387009","locations":["San Francisco, CA"],"employment_type":null,"workplace_type":null,"seniority_level":null,"description_language":null,"source_name":"consider","source_url":"https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fal/jobs/4129387009","salary":{"min":150000,"max":230000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","display":"$150,000–$230,000"},"job_summary":null,"job_description":null,"description_text":"fal is the generative media ecosystem powering the next generation of AI products. We build the infrastructure, tools, and model access that teams need to move from idea to production, and do it at scale without compromise. For developers and enterprises, fal is the foundation that makes generative media not just possible, but practical: a unified platform where high-performance inference, orchestration, and observability come together to unlock new categories of AI-native products.\n\nAs generative media reshapes industries across a market projected to grow by hundreds of billions over the next decade, fal is becoming the ecosystem that ambitious teams build on.\n\nAbout this role\n\nAs a Forward Deployed Engineer on Serverless, you will work directly with enterprise customers to help them deploy, scale, and operationalize their AI workloads on fal. This is a highly technical, customer-facing role where you’ll act as the bridge between Sales, Product and Infrastructure teams.\n\nYou’ll join customer calls, deeply understand their architecture and needs, and translate those into actionable implementation plans and product requirements. You will be responsible for unblocking customer deployments, accelerating onboarding, and ensuring enterprise accounts successfully reach production fast.\n\nThis is a role for someone who loves solving real-world engineering problems and wants direct ownership over outcomes that drive revenue and product growth.\n\nWhat you’ll work on\n\nJoin enterprise onboarding calls and act as the technical owner for deployments\n\nHelp customers integrate their models into fal Serverless (APIs, scaling, observability, deployment workflows)\n\nDebug customer issues end-to-end across frontend, backend, and infra layers\n\nTranslate customer feedback into clear product specs, tasks, and engineering priorities\n\nWork closely with Product + Infra to ensure enterprise needs are shipped into the platform\n\nBuild custom proofs-of-concept or lightweight integrations to unblock adoption\n\nIdentify repeatable patterns across customers and turn them into reusable product features\n\nImprove internal tooling, onboarding flows, and docs based on real customer pain points\n\nWhat we’re looking for\n\nStrong engineering background (Proficiency with TypeScript, Python, Postgres, and Next.js)\n\nExperience working with customers in a technical capacity (Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, DevRel Engineer, or similar)\n\nComfortable jumping into ambiguous customer problems and finding solutions fast\n\nAbility to understand complex systems and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders\n\nStrong written communication skills (turning customer conversations into actionable specs/tasks)\n\nExperience working across APIs, infrastructure, and cloud environments\n\nHigh ownership mentality: you take responsibility for customer success end-to-end\n\nComfort operating in a fast-moving, low-process environment\n\nNice to have\n\nExperience with serverless platforms, infra products, or developer platforms\n\nFamiliarity with observability tooling (logs, metrics, tracing)\n\nBackground in distributed systems, Kubernetes, or cloud-native deployments\n\nExperience with AI/ML workloads in production\n\nExperience writing documentation, onboarding guides, or customer playbooks\n\nWhy join\n\nOwn the success of fal’s most important enterprise deployments\n\nWork on a product used at massive scale with real production workloads\n\nDirect influence over product roadmap through customer feedback loops\n\nHigh autonomy and visibility across Product, Infra, and Sales leadership\n\nBe a foundational member of a rapidly growing product vertical\n\nWork at one of the fastest-growing AI startups, helping shape a new category\n\nWhat we offer at fal\n\nInteresting and challenging work\n\nCompetitive salary and equity\n\nA lot of learning and growth opportunities\n\nWe offer relocation assistance to San Francisco.\n\nHealth, dental, and vision insurance (US)\n\nRegular team events and offsite\n\nCompensation\n\n$150,000 - $230,000 + equity + comprehensive benefits package\n\nLocation\n\nWe are currently hiring in downtown San Francisco.","visa_sponsorship":null,"experience_years_min":null,"job_address":null,"job_city":null,"job_state":null,"job_country":null,"location_lat":37.7879363,"location_lng":-122.4075201,"closed_at":null,"apply_with_ai_eligible":true,"keywords":["product roadmap","infrastructure","observability","documentation","communication","stakeholders","architecture","pain points","distributed","performance","competitive","fast-moving","engineering","end-to-end","developers","enterprise","production","TypeScript","Kubernetes","priorities","onboarding","ecosystem","workflows","reusable","Platform","customer","internal","revenue","backend","writing","vision","Growth","deploy","Python","teams","debug","Sales","APIs","ML","AI"],"company":{"name":"Fal","slug":"fal","logo_url":"https://img.logo.dev/fal.ai?token=pk_fWx5G5QrQMm-0Ud8BW3mBg&size=64&format=png","description":"fal provides an infrastructure platform that enables developers and enterprises to deploy and scale multimodal generative AI applications.","website_url":"https://fal.ai","linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/fal-ai","glassdoor_url":null,"x_url":"https://x.com/fal","instagram_url":null,"youtube_url":null,"github_url":"https://github.com/fal-ai","huggingface_url":"https://huggingface.co/fal","tiktok_url":null,"crunchbase_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fal-7958","facebook_url":null,"employee_count_range":"51-200","employee_count":null,"founded_year":2021,"headquarters":{"address":null,"city":"San Francisco, CA","country":"US","lat":37.7879363,"lng":-122.4075201},"industry":"other","company_type":"startup","total_funding_usd":400000000,"locations":["San Francisco, CA","Singapore","Türkiye"]},"structured_data":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","@id":"https://worklittle.com/jobs/3166491047#job","title":"Staff Forward Deployed Engineer","description":"Staff Forward Deployed Engineer at Fal. 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