Deployment Strategist

About the role

As a Deployment Strategist at SIFT, you'll work at the intersection of technical implementation and customer success, ensuring our platform delivers maximum value to sophisticated engineering organizations. You will closely partner with our customers, uncover high-value problems, and direct the path towards adoption and transformational solutions. In this role, you will own the outcome of complex implementations for enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers to design robust technical solutions that meet our customer needs.
• Build deep trust across engineers, end-users, and executives to clear roadblocks and accelerate progress.
• Drive adoption across technical teams by demonstrating value and establishing implementation roadmaps.
• Work in tight collaboration with the product team to inform the future of the product.
• Design and run pilots that demonstrate massive value and a vision for long-term success.

Requirements

• Strong technical background with ability to understand complex systems and data architectures.
• Experience driving adoption of technical products within engineering organizations.
• Excellence in stakeholder management across technical and business teams.
• Strong project management skills with ability to handle multiple concurrent implementations.
• Clear communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to various audiences.

Qualifications

• Bonus points: Background in aerospace, autonomous systems, or other hardware domains.
• Understanding of data pipelines and streaming architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP).
• Experience with Python or similar programming languages.
• Understanding of REST APIs and modern web technologies.

Skills

• Technical background with understanding of complex systems and data architectures.
• Experience in driving adoption of technical products within engineering organizations.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across technical and business teams.
• Strong project management abilities to handle multiple concurrent implementations.
• Clear communication skills to explain technical concepts to various audiences.

Benefits

• Location: San Francisco, CA. Collaborates in person four times a week (Monday through Thursday) and comes together for a full week every quarter at our HQ in LA.
• We are open to relocating candidates to LA or our San Francisco office.
• Ability to travel 10-15% required, varying by location and customer needs.

Pay

Salary range: $125,000 - $175,000 per year. Plus equity and benefits.

Schedule

Varies by location and customer needs.