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DecagonDecagonNew York, NY

Engineering Lead, Strategic Deals

Lead technical builds for high-stakes strategic deals with enterprise customers. Own end-to-end delivery from POC to production, tech-lead small engineering pods, translate customer needs into generalized product improvements, and drive technical strategy with customer leaders.

200k – 400k/yr
On-site5+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical build end-to-end for a handful of Strategic Deals, from POC through close and into post-close stabilization.
  • Drive technical requirements directly with the customer’s engineering and product leaders, and build technical champions inside their organizations.
  • Identify technical risks early and de-risk them before they threaten the deal.
  • Dig past feature requests to the underlying problem, then scope solutions that generalize, turning bespoke deal requirements into durable improvements to the core Decagon product.
  • Tech-lead a pod of 1–3 Software Engineers per deal: set technical direction, own delivery, and mentor the engineers on your team.

Requirements

  • Strong engineering leader or ex-technical founder with 5+ years of industry experience in software engineering.
  • Strong appetite for customer-facing work.
  • Comfort owning high-stakes accounts with significant ambiguity.
  • The ability to quickly assess how long different technical paths will take, weigh their risks, and choose between them under pressure.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience productionizing agentic systems.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation $200K – $400K + Offers Equity

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
  • Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
  • Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
  • Parental Leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
  • Daily lunches and snacks in the office
  • Take what you need vacation policy

Skills

Software EngineeringTechnical LeadershipAgentic SystemsproductionizationModel EvaluationInfrastructurereliability engineering

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