Alation
The Staff Forward Deployed Engineer serves as a key technical resource for strategic enterprise customers, partnering with internal teams to ensure Alation implementations deliver measurable business value. This role focuses on turning complex enterprise problems into working, AI-driven solutions within Alation's platform. The position involves designing AI agent systems, building data pipelines, and providing technical guidance to drive customer success and platform innovation.
Alation is the company behind the Alation Intelligence Operating System (AIOS), a platform that helps global enterprises ensure their AI applications and agents produce accurate, trustworthy results. AIOS addresses AI reliability by governing data quality, semantic context, and agent integrity across the enterprise. Alation is recognized as a leader in data catalog, metadata management, and data and analytics governance by major analyst firms including Gartner and Forrester.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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