Fireworks AI - AI Field Engineer - Enterprise
deCircle - Remote job
Still listed by deCircle · checked today · posted 12 Oct 2026 (5 days ago)
Skills: Python, Vllm, Sglang, Tensorrt-llm, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Llm fine-tuning, SFT, DPO, RFT, Gpu infrastructure, Azure ai foundry, Aws bedrock, Aws sagemaker, Gcp vertex ai
Source: Paraform - https://www.paraform.com/share/fireworks-ai/cmqh2zxn100020bkp395s3lwj
Compensation: $176,000-$224,000 base; OTE $220,000-$280,000 (80/20 base/variable, variable paid quarterly). Candidates with 10+ years may be considered above range. Meaningful equity on top of OTE.
Location: US-based, remote-friendly; offices in San Mateo, CA and New York, NY; regular on-site travel to enterprise customers. Visa: H-1B transfers and TN sponsored; O-1 case-by-case.
About this role
AI Field Engineer (Enterprise) with 3+ years of experience to embed with Fireworks AI's most ambitious enterprise customers and turn complex GenAI challenges into production systems, fast. The technical tip of the spear, pairing deep hands-on engineering with executive presence to drive deals from first discovery call to production deployment.
What will you be doing?
Lead technical discovery calls, scope POCs, and run load tests and evaluations to validate the right model architecture and deployment configuration for each enterprise customer
Build end-to-end POCs and production integrations hands-on-keyboard inside customer environments, navigating their infrastructure, security requirements, and organizational constraints
Guide customers on model selection, fine-tuning strategy (SFT, DPO, RFT), and evaluation frameworks, moving them from open-model exploration to production at scale
Manage multi-stakeholder enterprise relationships: identify technical champions, navigate org politics, and align the right people to move deals forward quickly
Feed recurring customer pain points and deployment patterns back into the product roadmap
Team
Field engineering team led by Roberto Barroso Luque (ex-BCG X); flat, low-ego, extreme ownership; no seniority title distinctions; arrogance screened out; client-facing by week 1-2; engineers push PRs to the Fireworks codebase.
Tech stack
Python, vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI, LLM Fine-Tuning (SFT, DPO, RFT), GPU Infrastructure
About Fireworks AI
Fastest way to build, tune and scale AI on open models; high-performance GenAI inference platform powering Uber, DoorDash, Notion, Cursor. Founded by Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI veterans. 211 employees, founded 2021, $1.5B total funding.