Fireworks AI — AI Field Engineer

David Joseph & Company is seeking an AI Field Engineer to join Fireworks AI, a company focused on scaling AI on open models. The role involves integrating the Fireworks platform with clients, managing customer accounts, and building production systems while engaging with executive-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Build POCs, MVPs, and production integrations directly inside customer codebases
• Own customer accounts end to end — manage relationships, run discovery, present to stakeholders
• Do performance engineering and deployment on the Fireworks platform across customer environments
• Channel client feedback into product improvements in collaboration with PMs

Requirements:

• 5–10 years in customer-facing ML/AI engineering (FDE, Applied AI, or Solutions Engineering) as a senior IC — ~60% hands-on coding/deployment, ~40% client engagement + product feedback
• Built and shipped production ML/AI systems from the ground up
• Direct client-facing engineering experience — ran POCs/MVPs, managed accounts, presented to stakeholders
• Archetype A: FDE/embedded engineer at AI-native startups or professional services firms — consulting/delivery focus
• Archetype B: Senior ML/AI engineer with training, fine-tuning, inference, or model deployment, plus demonstrated client-facing experience
• Strong Python + hands-on ML/AI engineering depth
• Collaborated with PMs to rapidly channel client feedback into product improvements
• Low ego, extreme ownership
• Comfortable with regular on-site customer visits (AI-native accounts move at YC startup pace)
• Background at an AI/ML startup/infra company, professional services firm, or big tech with client-facing exposure
• Experience with inference serving frameworks (vLLM, SGLang) and cloud GPU infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with Kubernetes