Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
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A Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Vapi leads enterprise onsite deployments, uncovers additional use cases, and builds products to simplify future deployments.
About this role
Vapi (/ˈVɑːpi/):
We’re creating the shift to voice as humanity’s default interface
We’re the most configurable platform for deploying voice agents
We’ve grown to over 600k developers in two years, adding 2,000+ every day
Why We’re Hiring This Role:
Our Enterprise ARR is growing at ~5x YoY with customers like NYLife and Intuit.
We see ENT deploy in weeks and expand rapidly when we support them.
We’re hiring FDE to light our ENT expansions on fire.
What You’ll Do:
30 Day: You’ll deploy a large ENT onsite.
60 Day: You’ll discover 2nd and 3rd use-cases within their team.
90 Day: You’ll build product that makes the next similar deployment trivial.
Who You Are:
You’ve worked at an early startup in a technical role.
You’ve been an FDE at a company we admire.
Bonus: You’ve built your own startup.
Why Vapi:
Generational impact: Build the human interface for every business
Ownership culture: 70% of the company are previous founders
Kind team: The founders, Jordan and Nikhil, are Canadians
Tier-1 Investors: YC, KP seed, Bessemer Series A
What We Offer:
Real stake: We offer a competitive salary and excellent equity ownership
Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans
Team love: We love hanging out, and we do quarterly off-sites
Flexible time off: take what you need
More: catered meals, transportation, gym, and a $10k annual L&D budget
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