About the role
We are looking for a Founding AI Solutions Engineer with 5–10 years of experience to be the technical backbone of Inworld's revenue team — sitting at the intersection of sales, product, and engineering. This is a senior, high-ownership role where you'll work directly with the CEO and GTM team to take enterprise and developer customers from first call to production, while helping define the SE function from the ground up.
What will you be doing?
- Partner with the GTM team on deals — lead technical discovery, run end-to-end POCs, and own solution design from first call through close
- Build working prototypes and reference integrations using Inworld's TTS, STT, LLM Router, and Realtime API in real customer contexts
- Sit in on team forecast calls and key account meetings, contributing technical depth to the sales process
- Work directly with R&D to translate customer requirements into product feedback and roadmap improvements
- Build the foundation of the SE function — POC templates, playbooks, and integration collateral for future hires
Key Requirements
- 5–10 years in a customer-facing technical role (Solutions Engineer, Sales Engineer, or Solutions Architect) — pre-sales focused
- Hands-on coding ability with Python; can write production-quality integration code and understand complex technical architectures
- Deep familiarity with AI/ML APIs — LLMs, TTS/STT speech models, and streaming/realtime APIs
- Startup experience with a proven ability to operate with ambiguity and take ownership without a large support structure
- Based in the SF Bay Area or willing to relocate; must work on-site in the South Bay office several days per week
