Forward Deployed Engineer, Routines

About the role

Athena (athena.com) pairs world-class leaders with elite executive assistants. It’s where some of the most powerful partnerships in the world get built. Our clients are founders, executives, and leaders whose ambition exceeds their time. Athena is the first company to build a human-in-the-loop executive support system, combining trained Executive Assistants with market-leading AI to help them stay organized, follow through on priorities, and operate at their highest level. Athena is one of the largest companies in this category, with 3,000+ clients and over $100M in annual run rate. Our clients include Uber, Shopify, and Goldman Sachs. We are fully global, working across time zones and cultures. Joining Athena means creating something that fundamentally changes how people live and work and brings extraordinary achievement within reach.

Qualifications

• Experience: Background in software engineering, technical product management, or a similarly technical/product role, with deep hands-on experience building your own AI automations. You already use tools like Claude Code, Codex, or Cowork to automate parts of your life or work, and can demo what you've built. (Expect to demo personal automation as part of the interview.) Prior experience as a forward-deployed engineer, solutions engineer, or other client-embedded technical role is strongly preferred.
• Technical Skills: Comfortable working with integrations and APIs, LLM-based agent systems, and automation/workflow tooling. Familiarity with orchestration frameworks or evaluation pipelines is a plus.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, paired with the empathy to sit with a client or XP and quickly get past the stated request to the real underlying problem.
• Product Judgment: Comfortable spotting when a one-off solution should become a template, and shaping that first version, without needing to own the full roadmap or engagement metrics.
• Collaboration: Excellent teamwork and communication skills, comfortable working directly with clients one-on-one, and translating those conversations into clear requirements for the product and engineering teams.
• Adaptability: Energized by solving one client's problem at a time rather than designing only for the average case; able to manage multiple client engagements in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace environment. We believe that diversity enriches our organization, enhances creativity, and drives innovation. We are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and talents. We actively promote diversity and inclusion through our hiring practices, employee development initiatives, and company culture, recognizing that it is essential for our success as a company and as a community.