Forward Deployed Engineer (AI & Data)
Company: Wren AI
Location: Palo Alto, CA (Remote)
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-09-20
About this role
About the Role
At Canner, we're building breakthrough AI and data infrastructure that transforms data from a static asset into the core engine of enterprise decision-making. As part of our R&D team, you'll help drive the development and adoption of Wren AI.
Wren AI is Canner's flagship open-source project, enabling Large Language Models (LLMs) to query enterprise data directly and providing AI Agents with precise semantic query capabilities. Our open-source repository has been featured on GitHub Top Trending for several consecutive weeks, accumulating nearly 17k+ stars and establishing itself as a leading global GenBI solution a strong signal of worldwide developer recognition and demand.
As a
Forward Deployed Engineer (AI & Data)
, you'll be the engineer on the front line with our customers — deeply understanding their data architecture and business context, and turning Wren AI into the AI data infrastructure that powers their organization. You won't just respond to issues; you'll proactively drive customer success, channel frontline insights back to product, and accelerate our iteration cycle.
If you're passionate about large-scale AI applications, working with international enterprises, serving global users, and learning the standards and expectations of multinational customers, this is an exceptional opportunity to participate in cutting-edge industry development.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical partner and engineering point of contact for customers; understand their data architecture, business needs, and use cases, and help them plan and implement Wren AI best practices in their environment
- Lead customer onboarding and deployment, including data source connections (databases, data warehouses, etc.), semantic model (MDL) design and tuning, and AI model configuration and validation
- Design and build custom integrations, PoCs, demos, and technical validations tailored to each customer's data environment, demonstrating Wren AI's value...