About the job
About the Role
Join Linkup as a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, where you will collaborate closely with our founders, customers, and partners to revolutionize how AI interacts with the web. This is a pivotal role as our first hire in this capacity.
Your mission is to empower leading AI companies, developers, and enterprises to seamlessly integrate Linkup’s AI-ready search APIs into their solutions, shaping the future of AI agents and their connections to live data.
This role is highly cross-functional, placing you at the nexus of engineering, go-to-market (GTM), and customer success. You will transform technical integrations into actionable insights that inform our product development, marketing strategies, and outreach initiatives.
As the bridge between our customers’ innovations using Linkup and our external narrative, your contributions will be vital.
Your Responsibilities
Engage directly with customers and partners to design, prototype, and deploy integrations of Linkup’s APIs into dynamic agentic systems.
Support pre-sales initiatives including technical discovery, proof-of-concept development, and demo configurations.
Work collaboratively with backend, machine learning, and product teams to ensure high performance and reliability.
Collaborate with the GTM Engineer and Developer Relations team to translate customer insights into automated solutions, tutorials, and best practices.
Identify and implement technical integrations with partners throughout the value chain (workflow orchestration, AI frameworks, etc.).
Clarify complex technical concepts for both technical audiences and business stakeholders.
Why This Role is Important
Every integration you create will define how AI systems connect to verified, real-time information.
You will be at the forefront of bridging customer needs with product development — integrating field insights into our offerings and messaging.
Your efforts will directly influence:
The narratives we craft for marketing.
The use cases we develop in our go-to-market systems.
The features we prioritize on our product roadmap.
If you are passionate about merging engineering with impactful solutions that users rely on, this role is a perfect fit for you.

