Forward Deployed Engineer

Sola, an innovative AI-focused company founded in 2023, is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join their team in New York City. The company has quickly gained traction, being adopted by Fortune 500 companies and raising over $20M in funding, including a Series A round from top-tier VCs and backing from notable tech leaders.

The role combines technical expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, focusing on helping enterprises implement Sola's agentic automation platform. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll work directly with the CTO and own technical relationships with customers, contributing to the company's impressive 80% market-leading conversion rate.

The position requires strong programming skills in TypeScript and Python, along with experience in automation libraries like Selenium, Appium, or Puppeteer. You'll be responsible for architecting and building complex automation applications, coordinating with internal teams, and contributing to Sola's core backend stack.

Sola offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $110K to $140K, plus meaningful equity. The benefits are comprehensive, including full healthcare coverage, 401k, daily meals, and flexible PTO. The company strongly prefers in-person work at their NYC office and provides relocation assistance.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mid-level engineer with 2+ years of experience who wants to work at the intersection of AI and enterprise automation. You'll be joining a team of industry leaders who have built and scaled businesses, contributed to major quantitative funds, and worked on significant crypto projects and research labs.

The company's focus on reimagining enterprise process automation with AI capabilities makes this role particularly exciting for someone interested in working with cutting-edge technology. Their work includes AI-enabled error correction algorithms, Markov Decision Models, agentic workflow orchestrators, and AI desktop infrastructure.

Founded by Jessica Wu and Neil Deshmukh, who bring experience from MIT, IBM-Watson, and major financial institutions, Sola is positioned at the forefront of enterprise automation innovation. Their current workflow automation product is just the beginning, with more challenging and impactful problems on the horizon.