deployed engineer

turbopuffer is looking for someone to be a technical champion for our customers - demos, POCs, firefighting, whatever it takes to make them successful.

what you'll do:

build concrete demos and POCs instead of slides

jump on calls to answer the hard questions and unblock deals

own the technical relationship end-to-end. drive evaluations, guide implementations

treat customer problems as your own and don't rest until they're solved

live in customer slack channels, helping to solve problems and architect solutions

say no when we're not the right fit and always have a growth mindset

work closely with engineering to drive product roadmap for customers

update documentation whenever you see an issue or something isn’t clear

must have:

commercial - you sell painkillers, not vitamins

data background - you love looking at explain plans and optimizing schemas

linux - you're comfortable in terminals and reading logs

python or javascript/typescript - for building solutions and demos

typist - you can write well and can explain complex ideas simply

human - you build trust and know when you're in over your head

nice to have:

vector search or full-text search background

k8s and cloud platform experience

performance benchmarking experience

tpuf is hardcore & whimsical. we value:

overstep > understep

show > tell

complexity is earned

showing up as part of our customer’s team

making stuff easy to react to