Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

You’ll help drive the growth of Speechmatics by working directly with customers, partners, and developer communities to demonstrate, integrate, customise, and deploy our Voice AI, fast. You’ll operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and adoption. Part product evangelist, part hands-on builder, you’ll implement our Voice AI in demos, Proofs of Concept, pilots, and full-scale production environments. You’ll also engage with the wider developer ecosystem, building examples, running workshops, supporting integrations, and helping developers unlock the full potential of our APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build rapid prototypes, Proofs of Concept, and pilots to validate customer and community use cases
• Design, develop, and deploy custom integrations of Speechmatics’ APIs in diverse environments
• Create high-impact demos for customers, events, hackathons, and developer audiences
• Collaborate directly with customer engineering teams to optimise deployments for accuracy, scalability, and performance
• Act as a technical bridge between customers, developer communities, and product engineering — surfacing feedback and improving developer experience
• Develop technical assets (sample apps, starter kits, code snippets, workshops) that help developers build successfully with our APIs
• Support installation, operational best practices, and successful adoption across deployments

Requirements

Strong software engineering background with deep API integration experience
Proficient in modern web technologies (TypeScript, SvelteKit, React); full-stack capability preferred
Comfortable building rapid prototypes and production-grade integrations
Clear, confident communicator, equally effective with engineers, customers, and developer audiences
Passion for Voice AI, conversational interfaces, and developer experience
Experience engaging technical communities (talks, workshops, open-source, technical content)
Comfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration
Able to turn incomplete ideas into scalable, well-designed solutions
Motivated by impact, ownership, and building things that ship

Qualifications

Competitive salary plus OTE or bonus, with great additional benefits.
San Francisco pay $100,000—$150,000 USD
We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you match all of the requirements exactly. The list of requirements is intended to show the kinds of experience and qualities we’re looking for, but it is not exhaustive. If you are interested in the role, the team, and our mission, we would love to consider your application.

Benefits

We have structured a hybrid approach that includes 2-3 designated office days each week. This arrangement ensures that while we embrace the advantages of remote work, we also maintain the vital connection and synergy that only in-person interactions can foster.

Pay

Competitive salary plus OTE or bonus, with great additional benefits.

Schedule

We have structured a hybrid approach that includes 2-3 designated office days each week. This arrangement ensures that while we embrace the advantages of remote work, we also maintain the vital connection and synergy that only in-person interactions can foster.