Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
Full-time
US
Oct 30, 2026
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About the Role
Build AI products people use—and lead the engineers who ship them Single Grain is hiring a technical player-coach to lead six engineers, build alongside them, and turn customer problems into secure, reliable products that hit their engagement goals. You should be deeply hands-on with AI: we expect 95%+ of your code to be written with AI, with you accountable for architecture, verification, useful reviews and production quality. You need to know what to build, what to prioritize and what to stop. About Single Grain Single Grain combines marketing services, software and AI to drive measurable customer results. This role connects engineering work to that larger vision. You will help the team turn useful discoveries into products clients adopt, maintain and expand. What you will own Manage six engineers. Set assignments, sequence work, manage capacity, coach people and make ownership clear. Build alongside the team. Own technical standards, architecture, technical and PR reviews, and release readiness. Talk to customers regularly. Discover the real problem, test assumptions, set success metrics and use adoption data to decide what to improve or kill. Drive engagement within products. Own rollout, activation, repeat use and recovery when a product misses its goals. Ship at pace with careful execution. Test failure paths, challenge weak assumptions and make PR feedback useful. Do not ship poor-quality work simply to increase output. Govern security and AI costs: access and data bou