# Director, Forward Deployed Engineering at Chalk

- Company: Chalk
- What the company does: Chalk is the AI data platform that delivers real-time context and compute infrastructure for agents and ML models — deployed in your cloud, built for speed. Backed by General Catalyst and Felicis.
- Company website: https://chalk.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: SF
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $300K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/chalk/2f5141dc-b05b-4ece-8b71-fad8a4948ce6
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chalk-director-forward-deployed-engineering/

## About the role

Working directly with our founders, you'll lead this team and define its future. You'll own the strategy for how Chalk engages customers technically — from pre-sales pilots through onboarding, support, and expansion — and build the organization, processes, and playbooks that let the function scale with our growth. FDE is one of the most strategically important and fastest-growing functions at Chalk, and this role will shape what it becomes.

Tags: Engineering