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Blitzy is an AI software development platform transforming how enterprises build software by autonomously executing 80% of software development work. The company is backed by tier-1 investors and works with Fortune 500 customers to turn enterprise requirements into enterprise-grade code.
You will lead and grow Blitzy's Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) practice, managing a team of embedded engineers deployed across enterprise customer environments. This is a player-coach role requiring both strategic leadership and hands-on technical contribution.
Key responsibilities include:
**Team Leadership & Delivery**
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Forward Deployed Software Engineers embedded across customer environments
- Set standards for customer engagement and delivery rigor across all active accounts
- Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex integration or delivery challenges
- Balance multiple concurrent engagements with appropriate scoping and resourcing
**Customer Partnership**
- Own senior relationships at key accounts, engaging primarily at VP Engineering and Director level
- Participate in architecture reviews, sprint planning, and technical decision-making alongside customer teams
- Lead business reviews translating technical delivery progress into measurable business outcomes
- Support pre-sales efforts for new enterprise accounts by bringing delivery credibility
**Hands-On Technical Contribution**
- Stay technically engaged—review code, contribute to integrations, and debug complex issues
- Build and maintain reusable delivery assets, integration patterns, and best practices
- Develop technical demos and POC frameworks that accelerate customer adoption
**Strategic & Organizational Impact**
- Partner with Product, Sales, and executive leadership to define FDE growth strategy
- Establish delivery frameworks and feedback loops driving continuous improvement
- Contribute field intelligence that shapes product prioritization and enterprise go-to-market strategy
- Contribute to thought leadership, documentation, and reusable delivery IP
The company culture emphasizes moving fast, championship mindset, passion for invention, customer focus, and being "everyday athletes" who prioritize sleep, movement, and mental performance.
**Requirements**
Required:
- Proven experience leading teams in customer-facing, embedded, or professional services engineering environments
- Proven experience standing up a delivery framework from scratch
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a technical leadership capacity
- Fluency across modern enterprise technology stack: cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, CI/CD, and AI/ML integration
- Demonstrated ability to manage delivery across multiple concurrent enterprise engagements
- Strong communication skills—able to engage credibly from engineer to VP, adapting style to audience
- Experience with IDEs and code-assistant tools within software development workflows
Preferred:
- Experience at a high-growth startup or in Forward Deployed Engineering, embedded consulting, or technical account management role
- Background in AI/ML platforms, developer tooling, or enterprise software modernization
- Track record of building and scaling small-to-mid-sized technical teams in outcome-driven environments
- History of converting delivery excellence into account expansion and long-term partnerships
- Technical thought leadership: open source contributions, conference talks, or published writing
