$175,000–$230,000
Pre-Sales Forward Deployed Engineer - IFS Loops
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$190,000–$230,000 · OTEPalo Alto, CAFull-time
A founding forward-deployed engineer for IFS Loops, bridging presales and product to discover, prototype, and validate agentic AI use cases with strategic enterprise customers.
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Posted base pay
$190K–$230KAbove the median
Midpoint $210K · median $180K
Median $180K
This job$190K–$230KNot stated FDE postings62 postings · middle 50% of posted pay$153K–$210KThe work
Proves it works before the sale
Balance Mixed
Project stages
- Pre-sales
- Proof of concept
- Implementation (not covered)
- Operations (not covered)
Travel Up to 50%
- Coding
- Prototypes and scripts
- Builds for
- Both
- Role
- Individual contributor
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What you’ll do
- Lead customer discovery and build agentic AI proofs of concept in short cycles.
- Present technical walkthroughs and executive business cases to support deal validation.
- Partner with sales, product, and engineering to convert recurring customer needs into platform capabilities.
- Feed field learnings into the IFS Loops product roadmap.
What you’ll bring
- Track record in presales, solutions engineering, or forward-deployed roles.
- Hands-on experience with agentic AI, multi-agent design, tool use, and human-in-the-loop patterns.
- Experience with Agent Studio or comparable orchestration tools.
- Knowledge of asset-intensive industries such as EAM, FSM, manufacturing, or aerospace and defense.
About IFS
IFS builds AI-powered ERP, enterprise asset management, and field service management software for asset- and service-heavy industries like aerospace, energy, and manufacturing.
Late-stage private · 5000+ people
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