Head of Forward Deployed Engineering

369% above the BLS national median

BLS national median: $74,680

• IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL BUILD AND LEAD THE FDE ORGANIZATION - Hire and develop a high-talent-density team of Forward Deployed Engineers - Define the hiring bar, operating principles, and execution standards for the organization - Build a team culture centered around speed, ownership, pragmatism, and customer impact - Create systems and tooling that allow the team to scale without becoming process-heavy WORK DIRECTLY WITH STRATEGIC CUSTOMERS - Partner with engineering leaders, product teams, and executives at some of Replit’s largest enterprise customers - Help customers redesign workflows around AI-native software development - Lead complex technical engagements involving integrations, infrastructure, agents, automation, and internal developer platforms - Unblock high-stakes deployments and help customers move from experimentation to production adoption BUILD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - Lead teams building real applications and workflows directly inside customer environments - Drive rapid prototyping and iteration cycles with customers - Jump into architecture reviews, debugging sessions, implementation strategy, or live builds when needed INFLUENCE PRODUCT AND PLATFORM DIRECTION - Identify repeatable customer implementation patterns and turn them into reusable platform capabilities - Partner closely with Product and Engineering to upstream learnings from customer deployments into the core platform - Contribute production-ready code, tooling, integrations, and reference architectures that improve enterprise adoption at scale - Create tight feedback loops between customer environments and Replit’s internal product development teams DRIVE BUSINESS IMPACT - Partner closely with Sales, Field Engineering, and Product on strategic accounts - Improve customer adoption, expansion, retention, and deployment velocity - Act as an executive escalation point for critical customer situations - Help define how Replit scales enterprise adoption globally SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE LOOKS LIKE - Strategic customers successfully deploying Replit into production environments - Faster customer time-to-value and expansion across enterprise accounts - Repeatable deployment patterns becoming reusable platform capabilities - Increased enterprise adoption of AI-native development workflows - A high-talent-density FDE organization operating with speed, ownership, and strong customer impact REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - 12+ years of experience in engineering, infrastructure, developer tools, applied AI, or customer engineering environments - Experience leading Forward Deployed Engineering, Applied AI, Solutions Architecture, or Strategic Engineering teams - Deep curiosity around AI-native software development and strong instincts for how AI changes engineering workflows - Experience leading high-performing technical organizations - Strong technical judgment and the ability to operate credibly with senior engineers and executives - Experience building and shipping production systems in fast-moving environments - Strong product instincts and systems thinking - Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal process - Excellent communication and customer leadership skills - Strong sense of ownership and urgency NICE TO HAVE - Experience with AI agents, LLM workflows, or developer tooling platforms - Experience supporting Fortune 500 engineering organizations - Startup or founder experience - Experience working closely with Product organizations to shape roadmap direction THIS ROLE MAY NOT BE A FIT IF - You prefer highly structured environments with clearly defined boundaries - You want to stay purely managerial and far from technical details - You optimize for process over speed - You are uncomfortable operating directly with customers - You prefer maintaining systems over building new ones from scratch Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only) ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability 🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave 🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays 🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only) 📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend 🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment 🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only) 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only) Want to learn more about what we are up to? - Meet the Replit Agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYiVPrxY8-Y - Replit: Make an app for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zd9hzngFwY - Replit Blog https://blog.replit.com/ - Amjad TED Talk https://youtu.be/kCudFI4tcpg?si=l4ViCejV_f2RZkDi Interviewing + Culture at Replit - Operating Principles https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles - Reasons not to work at Replit https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world.

• This role requires strong technical depth, product instincts, customer judgment, and the ability to operate at high velocity in ambiguous environments.
• IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL BUILD AND LEAD THE FDE ORGANIZATION - Hire and develop a high-talent-density team of Forward Deployed Engineers - Define the hiring bar, operating principles, and execution standards for the organization - Build a team culture centered around speed, ownership, pragmatism, and customer impact - Create systems and tooling that allow the team to scale without becoming process-heavy WORK DIRECTLY WITH STRATEGIC CUSTOMERS - Partner with engineering leaders, product teams, and executives at some of Replit’s largest enterprise customers - Help customers redesign workflows around AI-native software development - Lead complex technical engagements involving integrations, infrastructure, agents, automation, and internal developer platforms - Unblock high-stakes deployments and help customers move from experimentation to production adoption BUILD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - Lead teams building real applications and workflows directly inside customer environments - Drive rapid prototyping and iteration cycles with customers - Jump into architecture reviews, debugging sessions, implementation strategy, or live builds when needed INFLUENCE PRODUCT AND PLATFORM DIRECTION - Identify repeatable customer implementation patterns and turn them into reusable platform capabilities - Partner closely with Product and Engineering to upstream learnings from customer deployments into the core platform - Contribute production-ready code, tooling, integrations, and reference architectures that improve enterprise adoption at scale - Create tight feedback loops between customer environments and Replit’s internal product development teams DRIVE BUSINESS IMPACT - Partner closely with Sales, Field Engineering, and Product on strategic accounts - Improve customer adoption, expansion, retention, and deployment velocity - Act as an executive escalation point for critical customer situations - Help define how Replit scales enterprise adoption globally SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE LOOKS LIKE - Strategic customers successfully deploying Replit into production environments - Faster customer time-to-value and expansion across enterprise accounts - Repeatable deployment patterns becoming reusable platform capabilities - Increased enterprise adoption of AI-native development workflows - A high-talent-density FDE organization operating with speed, ownership, and strong customer impact REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - 12+ years of experience in engineering, infrastructure, developer tools, applied AI, or customer engineering environments - Experience leading Forward Deployed Engineering, Applied AI, Solutions Architecture, or Strategic Engineering teams - Deep curiosity around AI-native software development and strong instincts for how AI changes engineering workflows - Experience leading high-performing technical organizations - Strong technical judgment and the ability to operate credibly with senior engineers and executives - Experience building and shipping production systems in fast-moving environments - Strong product instincts and systems thinking - Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal process - Excellent communication and customer leadership skills - Strong sense of ownership and urgency NICE TO HAVE - Experience with AI agents, LLM workflows, or developer tooling platforms - Experience supporting Fortune 500 engineering organizations - Startup or founder experience - Experience working closely with Product organizations to shape roadmap direction THIS ROLE MAY NOT BE A FIT IF - You prefer highly structured environments with clearly defined boundaries - You want to stay purely managerial and far from technical details - You optimize for process over speed - You are uncomfortable operating directly with customers - You prefer maintaining systems over building new ones from scratch Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only) ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability 🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave 🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays 🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only) 📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend 🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment 🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only) 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only) Want to learn more about what we are up to? - Meet the Replit Agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYiVPrxY8-Y - Replit: Make an app for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zd9hzngFwY - Replit Blog https://blog.replit.com/ - Amjad TED Talk https://youtu.be/kCudFI4tcpg?si=l4ViCejV_f2RZkDi Interviewing + Culture at Replit - Operating Principles https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles - Reasons not to work at Replit https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world.

• IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL BUILD AND LEAD THE FDE ORGANIZATION - Hire and develop a high-talent-density team of Forward Deployed Engineers - Define the hiring bar, operating principles, and execution standards for the organization - Build a team culture centered around speed, ownership, pragmatism, and customer impact - Create systems and tooling that allow the team to scale without becoming process-heavy WORK DIRECTLY WITH STRATEGIC CUSTOMERS - Partner with engineering leaders, product teams, and executives at some of Replit’s largest enterprise customers - Help customers redesign workflows around AI-native software development - Lead complex technical engagements involving integrations, infrastructure, agents, automation, and internal developer platforms - Unblock high-stakes deployments and help customers move from experimentation to production adoption BUILD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - Lead teams building real applications and workflows directly inside customer environments - Drive rapid prototyping and iteration cycles with customers - Jump into architecture reviews, debugging sessions, implementation strategy, or live builds when needed INFLUENCE PRODUCT AND PLATFORM DIRECTION - Identify repeatable customer implementation patterns and turn them into reusable platform capabilities - Partner closely with Product and Engineering to upstream learnings from customer deployments into the core platform - Contribute production-ready code, tooling, integrations, and reference architectures that improve enterprise adoption at scale - Create tight feedback loops between customer environments and Replit’s internal product development teams DRIVE BUSINESS IMPACT - Partner closely with Sales, Field Engineering, and Product on strategic accounts - Improve customer adoption, expansion, retention, and deployment velocity - Act as an executive escalation point for critical customer situations - Help define how Replit scales enterprise adoption globally SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE LOOKS LIKE - Strategic customers successfully deploying Replit into production environments - Faster customer time-to-value and expansion across enterprise accounts - Repeatable deployment patterns becoming reusable platform capabilities - Increased enterprise adoption of AI-native development workflows - A high-talent-density FDE organization operating with speed, ownership, and strong customer impact REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - 12+ years of experience in engineering, infrastructure, developer tools, applied AI, or customer engineering environments - Experience leading Forward Deployed Engineering, Applied AI, Solutions Architecture, or Strategic Engineering teams - Deep curiosity around AI-native software development and strong instincts for how AI changes engineering workflows - Experience leading high-performing technical organizations - Strong technical judgment and the ability to operate credibly with senior engineers and executives - Experience building and shipping production systems in fast-moving environments - Strong product instincts and systems thinking - Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal process - Excellent communication and customer leadership skills - Strong sense of ownership and urgency NICE TO HAVE - Experience with AI agents, LLM workflows, or developer tooling platforms - Experience supporting Fortune 500 engineering organizations - Startup or founder experience - Experience working closely with Product organizations to shape roadmap direction THIS ROLE MAY NOT BE A FIT IF - You prefer highly structured environments with clearly defined boundaries - You want to stay purely managerial and far from technical details - You optimize for process over speed - You are uncomfortable operating directly with customers - You prefer maintaining systems over building new ones from scratch Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only) ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability 🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave 🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays 🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only) 📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend 🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment 🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only) 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only) Want to learn more about what we are up to? - Meet the Replit Agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYiVPrxY8-Y - Replit: Make an app for that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zd9hzngFwY - Replit Blog https://blog.replit.com/ - Amjad TED Talk https://youtu.be/kCudFI4tcpg?si=l4ViCejV_f2RZkDi Interviewing + Culture at Replit - Operating Principles https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles - Reasons not to work at Replit https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world.