Zep AI (YC W24) · 4 days ago
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $250K/yr
6+ years expZep AI is a context engineering platform that helps developers build personalized, reliable AI applications. They are seeking a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer to own technical delivery for strategic customer deployments, working directly with customer engineering teams and improving the product and deployment playbook.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareGenerative AISaaS
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end delivery for strategic deployments: scope, design, build, rollout, stabilize
Embed with customer engineers to integrate Zep into real systems: data, APIs, auth, infra
Ship production code: integrations, reference implementations, performance and reliability fixes
Help level up the FDE function: coach newer FDEs on execution, review designs/code when useful, and capture repeatable patterns
Qualification
Required
Strong production engineering background. You can own architecture plus implementation
Comfortable working across customer stacks and cloud primitives (AWS or GCP, Docker, networking basics)
Fast debugging and strong operational instincts in messy, real environments
Can lead by doing: clear communicator who can run customer working sessions and coach junior FDEs in the flow of work
Preferred
Experience with Python, TypeScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Benefits
Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
401K match
Phone Benefits
Company
Zep AI (YC W24)
Agent Memory | Graph RAG | Context Assembly . Systematically engineer relevant context from chat history & business data.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$2.3M2024-03-05Pre Seed· $0.5M
2023-12-27Pre Seed· $1.8M
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