# AI Acceleration Engineer at Decagon

- Company: Decagon
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Index and a16z.
- Company website: https://decagon.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/decagon/c68de30e-1293-48bd-8f8e-dbbbb7d204b9
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/decagon-ai-acceleration-engineer/

## About the role

Decagon is growing fast, and we're looking for an AI Acceleration Engineer to build the systems the company runs on and make AI a practical part of how every team works.

## What they're looking for

- You've led AI acceleration / transformation initiatives — you know the common failure modes and how to avoid them
- You have a product mindset: you don't just build automations, you build things people actually adopt and love using
- You have hands-on GCP experience — Cloud Run, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub — and have built custom MCP servers, not just used them
- You've worked on billing or revenue systems, or been through an ERP implementation
- Compensation
- $180K - $220K + Equity

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