AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Zip

AI Forward Deployed Engineer embedding with enterprise clients to solve procurement complexities using AI solutions. Building customized workflows and solutions using Zip's infrastructure within enterprise environments.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $130,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

C++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Embed with enterprise customers to understand their procurement and adjacent workflows at the process level.
Build and deploy AI agent solutions using Zip's AppStudio and AI infrastructure, configured to the customer's specific environment and data.
Own the customer relationship and manage parallel workstreams across a small portfolio of accounts.
Surface the next problem worth solving before the customer can articulate it.
Produce architecture documentation that captures what was built, why, and what it would take to generalize across other accounts.
Feed structured learnings back to product and engineering so the solutions you build make the platform more repeatable over time.
Represent Zip on-site at customer locations when required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years working inside enterprise procurement, finance operations, or a related function in an operating role: Finance Systems, Procurement, Finance, etc.
Direct experience building AI agents or automated workflows for your own work. Zip's AppStudio, Claude, N8N, Make, Zapier, or similar.
A track record of owning complex customer engagements independently, from scoping through delivery.
Enough technical fluency to build integrations, read API documentation, and diagnose workflow failures.
Enough procurement or finance domain knowledge to earn credibility quickly with an AP Director, CPO, or CFO. Formal credentials (CPP, CPSM, CPA, or equivalent) are a plus, not a requirement.

Benefits

Comp & perks

📈 Start-up equity
🦷 Health, vision & dental coverage
🍽️ Catered lunches & dinners for hybrid employees
🚍 Commuter benefit for hybrid employees
🚠 Team building events & happy hours
🌴 Flexible PTO
💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI agent solutionsautomated workflowsintegrationsAPI documentationworkflow diagnostics

Soft Skills

customer relationship managementproblem-solvingcommunicationindependent engagement management

Certifications

CPPCPSMCPA