Forward Deployed Engineer I/II
- Salary
- $100K - $190K
- Level
- Junior
- Work type
- On-site · San Francisco
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
About Giga
Giga has recently raised a $61M Series A and is working with Fortune 500 customers to deploy the next generation of customer experience - real-time AI agents that can understand emotion, resolve issues instantly, and scale across the world's largest enterprises.
Giga's standard text
Industry leaders like DoorDash trust Giga with their most complex support and operations workflows across voice, chat, and email, in high-stakes regulated environments where accuracy and compliance matter. We're at an exciting inflection point.
While we've found real commercial success, our ambitions are larger: to become the go-to AI platform for all enterprise automation, powered by our voice superintelligence. The work affects millions of people every day, and our team has the autonomy to make true impact - with brilliant founders, a clear path forward, and the kind of momentum that defines generational companies.
If being part of that resonates with you, we'd love to hear from you!
- Voice AI startup Giga raises $61M Series A
- DoorDash and Giga Partnership
More About the Role
We're seeking an Agent Engineer to join our San Francisco team. You'll serve as a technical interface between Giga and our customers, building and deploying sophisticated solutions.
What You’ll Do:
- Assisting customer engagements from start to end: run discovery calls & demos, build/maintain world class agents, participate in customer calls, and serve as the primary PoC in a fast-paced environment.
- Own the full agent development life cycle: build and prototype quickly, set up CI/CD, monitor live usage, iterate to targets, debug live issues, communicate with customers, and document best practices to speed up future projects.
- Close the feedback loop with product & platform: capture unmet needs, prototype new features, contribute directly to the codebase, and collaborate with core teams to strengthen the platform for all customers.
Who You Are / Must-Haves:
- Know the basics: Understanding of React, Python, tool calls, APIs, etc.
- Interpersonal Acumen: Able to solve problems in a people-centric manner and communicate effectively, with experience/interest in customer-facing roles.
- Entrepreneurial: Preference for candidates with aspirations who want to be founders or leaders; ability to context switch constantly and rapidly; high bar for quality work.
- Gritty: Capable of working long productive hours, customer focused, very high attention to detail, and obsession to deliver high-quality work.
- Coachable: Be able to take in feedback and adapt at a quick pace.
- Experience: 1+ years of experience; computer science, analytics, or consultant background strongly preferred.
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive base + bonus + equity
- Catered lunch daily
- Dinner stipend
- $500/month wellness & commuter benefit (gym, fitness classes, mental health)
- 401(k) plan
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Giga's standard text
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Giga is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
What this role asks for
In most of Giga's ads
Python
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
69% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Giga's standard text, folded away below.
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The team: Engineering
This role is one of 14 open in Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (10 of 14), JavaScript (8 of 14), TypeScript (8 of 14), AWS (7 of 14), Django (7 of 14), FastAPI (7 of 14), Kubernetes (7 of 14)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer posted Jul 28
- Mobile Engineer posted May 18
- Founding Engineering Manager posted Feb 20
- QA Lead posted Feb 20
- Security Engineer posted Feb 20
- Software Engineer I / II posted Feb 20
- Senior Backend Engineer posted Feb 20
- Staff Backend Engineer posted Feb 14
- Senior Frontend Engineer posted Oct 17
- Senior Backend Engineer posted Oct 14
- Staff Backend Engineer posted Oct 11
- Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer posted Jul 3
- Software Engineer I / II posted May 14
From the team and dates on Giga's own job board.
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