Forward Deployed Engineer

About the RoleWe’re looking for a top-tier Forward Deployed Engineer to join Linkup and work hand-in-hand with our founders, customers, and partners. You'll be part of the founding FDE team at Linkup Your mission: help leading AI companies, developers, and enterprises integrate Linkup’s AI-ready search APIs into their products - and shape how the next generation of AI agents connects to the web. This is a highly cross-functional role. You’ll operate at the intersection of engineering, GTM, and customer success, turning technical integrations into insights that drive our product roadmap, marketing narratives, and outbound strategy. You’ll be the connective bridge between what customers build with Linkup and how we tell that story to the world. What You’ll DoWork directly with customers and partners to design, prototype, and deploy integrations of Linkup’s APIs into real-world agentic systems. Participate in pre-sales efforts - technical discovery, proof-of-concept design, demo environments. Collaborate cross-functionally with backend, ML, and product teams to ensure performance and reliability at scale. Partner with the GTM Engineer and DevRel team to turn customer learnings into automation, tutorials, and playbooks. Identify and implement technical integrations with our other partners in the value chain (workflow orchestration, AI frameworks, etc.) Translate complex technical concepts into clear explanations for both developers and business audiences. Why This Role Matters