[Hiring] Engineering Manager, Forward-Deployed Engineering @GrowthX AI

Role Description

AI is reshaping go-to-market. Not just content creation. The entire surface area: product experiences, developer tools, documentation, integrations, research systems.

GrowthX runs a high-end AI product studio for this shift. We build AI agents, custom products, and advanced automations for B2B companies on top of Output.ai, our open-source AI workflow framework. Think Palantir's forward-deployed model, but for GTM.

Recent examples:

• For Lovable: An AI agent that creates templates for their product.
• For Airbyte: An agent that integrates with new connectors and creates docs pages by sending pull requests.
• For Augment: An entire research site for discovering and cataloging MCPs.

This is AI + product development + GTM. We have a team of 5 today. We're growing to ~20. We need someone to lead this expansion.

What You'll Own

• Team Leadership: Build a team of AI-native forward-deployed engineers and designers. Set technical standards. Run effective 1:1s, invest in each engineer's growth, and give direct feedback. Build a team that clients trust and engineers want to join.
• Technical Direction: Define architecture patterns for AI agents and client products. Review code. Make build vs. buy decisions. Push the boundaries of what's possible with Output.ai.
• Client Delivery: Ensure the team ships excellent work. Scope technical feasibility early with the sales team. Jump in on complex projects. Solve the hard problems when they come up.
• Platform Building: Turn client projects into reusable capabilities. An agent pattern built for one client becomes a template for the next. A custom integration becomes a module in Output.ai. Each engagement should make the next one faster and better. The goal is compounding leverage.
• Operations: Run prioritization cycles. Allocate capacity across client pods. Balance urgent client requests with system improvements.

Qualifications

• Technical leader who still codes.
• Product thinker.
• Experienced people manager.
• Client-facing capable.
• AI-native.
• High bar on output quality.
• Pragmatic over perfect.
• Excellent communicator.

What Would Make You Exceptional

• Led forward-deployed or professional services engineering teams before.
• Built production AI agents or LLM systems.
• Shipped products end-to-end (not just features within a product).
• Experience in developer tools, GTM tech, or B2B SaaS.
• Contributed to or maintained open-source projects.
• Agency or consulting background with high-touch client delivery.

How We Work

• Think First, Build Second.
• Own the Outcome.
• Work in the Open.
• Chase the Context.
• Move Fast, Stay Steady.
• Process for Context, Not Control.

What Success Looks Like

• 30 days: Understand the team, the clients, and Output.ai. Work on one client project yourself. Build relationships with leads and team.
• 90 days: Own team operations. Improve at least one major process. Make your first hires. Have clear understanding of team capacity and client satisfaction.
• 6 months: Team is running smoothly at larger scale. Reusable patterns are documented and accelerating implementations. Clients and delivery teams trust the engineering function.

How to Apply

We're not just looking for a resume and a cover letter. We're looking for how you think.

Write a short article (1,000–2,000 words) covering two things:

• Your story.
• What you've built, how you think about engineering leadership, and why this role fits where you're headed.

Explore Output.ai and share what you find — a critique of our architectural decisions, a product you'd build on top of it, a comparison to frameworks you've used, or something you actually built with it. The format is up to you. We care about the quality of your thinking, not the scope of the project.

Your article is your first impression. Make it count.

Benefits

• 🌍 Fully Remote Work: Work from anywhere—your productivity, your space! We help set up your work environment to enable your best work. Minimal meetings and async communication for deep focus.
• 🏖 Ample Time Off: Enablement for you to recognize your countries holidays. We encourage you to take the time you need to recharge!
• 📚 Professional Growth: We’re an AI forward culture and work environment - Learn all things AI! Access to training, workshops & mentorship programs. Support for external conferences & industry events.
• 🤝 Collaborative Culture: Open communication & feedback-driven environment. Clear, concise communication is key to our success.

Work Visa: Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country of residence. We are not able to provide employment visa sponsorship at this time.

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