Forward Deployed Engineer

Working Model: United States (Remote with Travel)

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Leena AI, you will embed directly with our most strategic enterprise customers to drive transformational AI adoption in HR, IT, and Operations. You will collaborate closely with customer teams to ship advanced AI applications—AI Colleagues, workflow automations, and enterprise integrations—that solve real-world business problems. This is not a spec-writing role. You are in the field, inside the client’s environment, building and deploying production systems that move organizations from manual processes to AI-powered automation at scale.

The division of labor is clear: our Solutions Consultants (SCs) architect the solution—gathering requirements, designing the integration blueprint, and aligning client stakeholders on the approach. The Forward Deployed Engineer builds it. You take the SC’s architecture and execute the integrations: writing production code, configuring the platform, connecting enterprise systems, and owning technical delivery through go-live. Working closely with our Post-Sales, Product, and Engineering teams, you will serve as one of our founding FDEs who helps shape Leena AI’s go to market motion. We expect our FDEs to operate autonomously, thrive under ambiguity, and represent Leena AI at the highest level in customer environments.

What We’re Looking For

Our customer conversations are 90% technical. We need one person who brings three things together—and that person is rare.

1. Platform Mastery. You know the Leena AI platform cold. You can configure it, build on top of it, and push it to its limits inside a customer’s environment—without waiting for someone to tell you what’s possible.

2. Integration Expertise. Integrations are the highest-risk element of every enterprise deployment. You own and mitigate this risk. You navigate customer APIs, access constraints, and messy enterprise environments and get integrations live anyway.

3. Customer Ownership. You control the room. You operate consultatively, adapt without a playbook, and build the trust that makes customers believe Leena AI is the right partner. You don’t need a PM or SC to run point—you are the point.

Key Responsibilities

Integration Build & Execution

• Integration Build & Execution

• Receive integration blueprints and solution architectures from Solutions Consultants and own the hands-on execution—translating designs into working production systems without losing fidelity to agreed scope.

• Write production code (Python, TypeScript, JavaScript) for custom integrations, API connectors, and workflow automation across enterprise systems including Workday, ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle, and UKG.

• Build and configure AI Colleagues, Agent Operating Procedures (AOPs), and Skills directly inside the client's environment—working within their systems, security constraints, and timelines.

• Navigate real-world enterprise constraints—SSO/SAML/OIDC, legacy HRIS, data residency, and IT security gatekeeping—to get integrations across the finish line.

• Work from Solution Design Documents (SDDs) with precision—flagging scope gaps or technical blockers early and looping in SCs or PMs before they hit the client timeline.

• Identify non-standard requirements early and align internal engineering resources to close gaps before they block delivery.

• Own the 2-week hypercare period post go-live, ensuring stability and rapid resolution of any production issues.

Enterprise Integration & Platform Expertise

• Execute end-to-end integrations with HRIS, ITSM, payroll, and directory systems using REST APIs, webhooks, and out-of-box Leena AI connectors.

• Handle complex authentication flows including OAuth 2.0, SAML, and API key management across client enterprise environments.

• Build and validate test cases for both internal UAT and client UAT, ensuring quality before go-live.

• Debug and resolve 400/500-series API errors, integration failures, and platform configuration issues with urgency and precision.

Client Partnership & Escalation Management

• Serve as the senior technical point of contact for enterprise clients during active implementations, participating in steering committees and technical working sessions.

• Act as a technical escalation resource for the broader Professional Services team—triaging issues, unblocking SCs and PMs, and providing authoritative answers to client technical questions.

• Proactively communicate risks, dependencies, and blockers to PMs and leadership before they become CIO-level escalations.

• Participate in pre-call readiness reviews to ensure no client-facing question goes unanswered.

Knowledge Sharing & Team Enablement

• Identify and codify repeatable integration patterns from each deployment—building a library of reusable templates, connector configurations, and self-serve documentation that accelerates future FDE engagements.

• Contribute to the AIC self-serve lifecycle documentation library and platform backend training materials.

• Provide feedback to Solutions Consultants on what is and is not buildable within the platform—helping sharpen the quality of integration blueprints handed to the FDE team on future engagements.

• Contribute at least 3 reusable knowledge assets per quarter to the PS team knowledge base.

Requirements

• 6+ years in a customer-facing engineering, professional services, or forward deployed role.

• Proven track record of deploying production-grade software inside enterprise client environments, not just in sandboxes.

• Strong proficiency in Python or TypeScript and comfort writing production-quality code under real-world time constraints.

• Deep experience with REST/SOAP APIs, OAuth 2.0, SAML/SSO, and enterprise integration patterns.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise HR or IT systems: Workday, ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle PeopleSoft, UKG, SuccessFactors, or similar.

• Ability to navigate ambiguous, fast-moving situations and deliver outcomes without perfect requirements.

• Executive presence and confidence leading technical discussions with CIOs, IT Security teams, and senior enterprise stakeholders.

• Experience in a fast-paced startup or high-growth SaaS environment where you built structure from ambiguity.

• Maintain current knowledge of enterprise AI deployment patterns, LLM capabilities, agentic frameworks, and integration tooling—bringing emerging techniques back into Leena AI’s delivery playbook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying AI/LLM-based products, agentic orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI), or RAG-based knowledge systems.

• Background in HR tech, ITSM optimization, or enterprise automation consulting.

• Familiarity with Leena AI’s platform including AIC, AOPs, Skills, and the Flow Dashboard.

• Experience building or contributing to implementation playbooks and reusable delivery frameworks.

• Track record of mentoring junior engineers or SCs on technical concepts.

Why Join Leena AI?

• Work at the forefront of enterprise AI and automation with a company that is defining the trends in this space—not following.

• Be the engineer who actually builds the integrations that make AI real inside the world’s largest companies—not the person who demos it or draws the diagram.

• Partner with a global team of innovators building industry-defining technology across HR, IT, and operations.

• Be part of a dynamic, high-growth company where your work directly impacts client retention, expansion, and Leena AI’s reputation in the market.

• Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, performance bonus tied to deployment outcomes, and rapid career growth opportunities.