Manager, Firefly FDE

About the role

As a Manager, Forward Deployed AI Engineering, you will lead, mentor, and inspire a team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers (FDEs)—creative technologists who prototype, build, and launch GenAI-powered solutions and products directly with customers. Your mission is to cultivate top engineering talent, instill a culture of rapid

What you'll do

• Recruit, coach, and empower a high-performing team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers (and select Forward Deployed AI Architects)
• Act as both mentor and peer-level engineer—reviewing code, shaping architectures, and guiding engineers on technical depth, delivery velocity, and customer impact
• Develop future leaders by strengthening technical judgment, customer-facing confidence, and multi-functional influence

What you need

• 3–6 years in software engineering
• LLMs
• Any graduate