Forward Deployed Engineer
Hops
Forward Deployed Engineer
Hops
Collaborative AI agent workspace for teams
AI is making individuals faster, but companies still operate in silos. At Hops, we're building the next generation of collaborative AI, where people and AI agents work together in shared spaces with shared context, memory, and the ability to execute real work.
Hops connects teams, AI agents, documents, tables, apps, and business tools in one collaborative workspace.
We're looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) who can turn complex business challenges into working AI solutions.
You'll work directly with customers to understand how their teams operate, identify high-impact opportunities, and build AI-powered workflows using Hops.
This isn't a traditional software engineering role. You won't spend your days writing code. Instead, you'll use AI agents, integrations, and Hops' native capabilities to design and deploy solutions that transform how organizations work.
You'll operate at the intersection of customer success, solutions architecture, and product, helping customers move from AI experimentation to measurable business outcomes.
Discover opportunities: Work directly with customers to understand their business processes, bottlenecks, and opportunities for AI.
Build AI-powered solutions: Configure agents, workflows, automations, and collaborative spaces using Hops.
Connect enterprise tools: Integrate Hops with customers' existing systems, data sources, and business applications.
Deliver end-to-end deployments: Own the journey from initial discovery and proof of concept to adoption and measurable results.
Drive customer adoption: Train teams, demonstrate value, and ensure AI workflows become part of everyday operations.
Solve real business problems: Build solutions across consulting, sales, marketing, finance, operations, and other business functions.
Influence the roadmap: Work closely with product and engineering to translate customer feedback into product improvements.
Scale successful solutions: Create reusable workflows, templates, and best practices that can be deployed across customers.
3+ years in solutions engineering, technical consulting, implementation, business automation, or a related role.
Strong hands-on experience with AI tools, LLMs, agents, and workflow automation.
Ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into structured, functional solutions.
Familiarity with SaaS applications, APIs, integrations, and enterprise workflows.
Excellent customer-facing communication skills, from end users to senior executives.
Strong business acumen and the ability to understand processes across multiple functions.
A builder mentality. You enjoy experimenting with new AI tools and figuring out how to make them useful.
High ownership, curiosity, and comfort operating in an early-stage startup.
Bonus Points
Experience with no-code/low-code platforms such as n8n, Zapier, Make, or similar automation tools.
Experience building AI agents or multi-step AI workflows.
Familiarity with MCP, prompt engineering, and agent orchestration.
Background in management consulting, RevOps, enterprise SaaS, or business process transformation.
Experience managing enterprise pilots and driving adoption.
Within your first 90 days, you'll:
Deploy high-impact Hops workflows with enterprise customers.
Move customers from proof of concept to real, recurring product usage.
Demonstrate measurable business value through time saved, faster execution, or improved outcomes.
Identify reusable solutions that can accelerate future deployments.
Become a trusted advisor to customers and a direct contributor to our product direction.
Most AI companies are building assistants that help individuals work faster. We're building a platform that helps entire organizations work better together. You'll be at the forefront of this shift, working directly with customers to bring collaborative AI into real business operations.
If you love solving business problems, experimenting with AI, and turning ideas into working solutions, we'd love to meet you.
AI-First. We use AI to expand what one person can accomplish. You'll constantly rethink how you work: what to hand over to AI, and where your own judgment matters most.
Ownership. We keep the team small and give people meaningful scope, autonomy, and equity. You'll take initiative, make decisions, and see your work through to real outcomes.
High Talent Density. You'll work directly with senior teammates in a flat structure where ideas win on merit, not titles.
Remote-First. We hire globally, prioritizing talent over location, so you can work where you're most productive.
Hops AI builds an AI agent workspace that integrates into a team’s existing tools, functioning as a collaborative AI teammate named Hops within chats, documents, and tables. It works by creating team-specific Spaces where the AI learns from conversations, documents, and connected tools to help generate documents, slides, and dashboards, and it shows its actions and sources for transparency; sensitive actions require human approval. The platform differentiates itself by offering a shared memory and governance within a single workspace, with built-in apps and centralized control over AI spending and data access, rather than a standalone chatbot. Its goal is to free up teams’ time for tasks that need human judgment by improving collaboration, knowledge management, and workflow automation.
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