Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, AI SaaS / Federal

Join AutogenAI – Revolutionizing Proposal Writing with generative AI AutogenAI is a leader in generative AI SaaS, transforming how organizations draft and optimize winning proposals through cutting-edge natural language processing technology. We are one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world, expanding rapidly to meet the increasing demand for AI-driven solutions across industries. Our innovation stems from a belief that language AI technology will revolutionize business communication over the next decade.

We empower our clients to grow faster and more efficiently by delivering AI language engines customized to their needs that save time, improve content quality, and increase win rates in highly competitive markets. AutogenAI is a company where everyone can have a career-defining experience and success is achieved by fostering a culture where innovation and ambition thrive. As we scale, passionate professionals are invited to join our journey of innovation, helping shape the future of AI-powered business solutions.

Job Summary: 🧠 This role genuinely sits in the middle of real technical work, direct customer interaction and actual business impact. 🔧 Unlike a standard FDE role, you won't be deployed to one client pushing out custom work. You'll find solutions by interacting with a range of clients and prospects, building POCs and features that impact the product as a whole.

🌎 We're hiring a Senior AI Engineer to be our engineering presence on the ground in the US — someone who sits alongside our US Sales and Customer Success teams, builds fast, and turns a prospect's problem into a working demo while the deal is still live. This is a hands-on building role , not a pre-sales advisory one. When a sales conversation hinges on a capability we don't quite have yet, you build a working version of it in hours or days, so the team can show it, test it, and win on it.

When an idea proves itself, you work with our UK engineering squads to turn the prototype into something we ship. You'll be the person who makes "let me show you" the answer instead of "that's on the roadmap". You'll work US hours, joining customer and prospect calls, holding technical and security conversations credibly, and feeding what you learn in the field back into the product.

The role deliberately sits outside our normal sprint planning so you can move at the speed deals move. Because many of our US customers are federal contractors, you'll also be one of a small US-based group able to work inside our FedRAMP environment, helping support federal deployments and sharing the on-call rota. You'll join an ambitious, fast-moving team working on deeply meaningful technical challenges in the AI space, with a lot of latitude to shape a brand-new role.

Location: 📍 This role is preferably based in the Northern Virginia/DC Metro GovCon corridor, including Tysons, Reston, Herndon, Chantilly, Arlington, Fairfax, and the surrounding DC market. NYC may be considered for an otherwise exceptional candidate. Travel should be oriented primarily toward customer or prospect meetings in the DC-area, with periodic travel to the Midtown NYC office as needed.

What you'll be responsible for: Rapid Prototyping: Build small, high-impact, demoable features fast — against direct sales, CS, or customer pain — so the team can validate an idea in front of a prospect rather than promise it. Engineering Presence in the Field: Be the credible technical voice on prospect and customer calls in US hours, covering capability, integration, and security questions, and pulling in deeper specialists when needed. Productionisation: Once a prototype proves its value, partner with the relevant UK squad to turn it into a robust, supported part of the product.

Feedback Loop: Capture what you see and hear in the field and feed it back to Product and Engineering as concrete, prioritisable signal.