Forward Deployed Engineer

Location: San Francisco / New York (100% In-Office)
Experience: Entry, Intermediate
Salary: $100K - $190K • Offers Equity

About Giga

Giga has recently raised a $61M Series A and has several paying customers, including DoorDash. We’re building the next generation of customer experience — real-time AI agents that can understand emotion, resolve issues instantly, and scale across the world’s largest enterprises.

It’s an exciting inflection point for the company. While we have been successful, we have larger ambitions. Our goal is to become the go-to AI platform for all enterprise automation, powered by our voice superintelligence. To achieve this, we need more great engineers.

The work affects millions of people every day and our engineers have autonomy and make true impact. This opportunity is unique because we have brilliant founders, have found commercial success, and see a clear path to becoming a generational company. Some further info about us:

• Voice AI startup Giga raises $61M Series A

• DoorDash and Giga Partnership

If being a part of this resonates with you, please apply!

More About the Role

We're seeking an Agent Engineer to join our San Francisco and New York team. You'll serve as a technical interface between Giga and our customers, building and deploying sophisticated solutions.

What You’ll Do:

• Assisting customer engagements from start to end: run discovery calls & demos, build/maintain world class agents, participate in customer calls, and serve as the primary PoC in a fast-paced environment.

• Own the full agent development life cycle: build and prototype quickly, set up CI/CD, monitor live usage, iterate to targets, debug live issues, communicate with customers, and document best practices to speed up future projects.

• Close the feedback loop with product & platform: capture unmet needs, prototype new features, contribute directly to the codebase, and collaborate with core teams to strengthen the platform for all customers.

Who You Are / Must-Haves:

• Know the basics: Understanding of React, Python, tool calls, APIs, etc.

• Interpersonal Acumen: Able to solve problems in a people-centric manner and communicate effectively, with experience/interest in customer-facing roles.

• Entrepreneurial: Preference for candidates with aspirations who want to be founders or leaders; ability to context switch constantly and rapidly; high bar for quality work.

• Gritty: Capable of working long productive hours, customer focused, very high attention to detail, and obsession to deliver high-quality work.

• Coachable: Be able to take in feedback and adapt at a quick pace.

• Experienced: 1-3 years of experience; computer science, analytics, or consultant background strongly preferred.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation

• Equinox membership

• Full health, dental, and vision coverage

• On-demand snacks, coffee, and DoorDash Credits

• Commuter Stipend

Interview Process

• Screening call with Recruiting Lead or Founding Engineer (15 min)

• Technical interview (1-2 hours)

• In-office interview (full day)