# FDE Lead, NYC at Exa

- Company: Exa
- What the company does: Search API for AI agents that need real-time web data, deep research, and structured content from one endpoint. Try our API for free. Backed by Lightspeed, Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://exa.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $315K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa/c53331ce-f70f-420f-ab42-08c6428ead93?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/exa-fde-lead-nyc/

## About the role

You'll lead a team of Forward Deployed Engineers covering US East, based in our New York office. Your team owns what happens after the deal closes: getting customers to production fast, making Exa a load-bearing part of their stack, and growing the accounts and/or expanding into new use cases. You're measured on revenue: retention and expansion across your team's accounts. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Several years of programming experience. You could build and deploy a production server from scratch, and you can debug customer integrations yourself
- Experience working inside real codebases and production systems, ideally with search, retrieval, LLMs or data pipelines
- 4+ years in technical customer-facing roles, such as forward deployed, customer or solutions engineering, technical consulting or software engineering with customer ownership, including experience leading or mentoring engineers
- A track record of driving adoption, retention or expansion on technical accounts
- Clear communication with CTOs, engineering leads and executives
- Willingness to travel as needed for customer engagements

Tags: GTM

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/exa-fde-lead-nyc/