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Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed

Vapi logoVapiYC W21
TypeFull-time
SponsorshipSponsors visas
Salary$150,000–$300,000
LocationSan Francisco, CA
Engineering

Vapi (/ˈVɑːpi/):

  • We’re creating the shift to voice as humanity’s default interface

  • We’re the most configurable platform for deploying voice agents

  • We’ve grown to over 600k developers in two years, adding 2,000+ every day

  • Try talking to Vapi now!

Why We’re Hiring This Role:

  • Our Enterprise ARR is growing at ~5x YoY with customers like NYLife and Intuit.

  • We see ENT deploy in weeks and expand rapidly when we support them.

  • We’re hiring FDE to light our ENT expansions on fire.

What You’ll Do:

  • 30 Day : You’ll deploy a large ENT onsite.

  • 60 Day : You’ll discover 2nd and 3rd use-cases within their team.

  • 90 Day : You’ll build product that makes the next similar deployment trivial.

Who You Are:

  • You’ve worked at an early startup in a technical role.

  • You’ve been an FDE at a company we admire.

  • Bonus: You’ve built your own startup.

Why Vapi:

  • Generational impact : Build the human interface for every business

  • Ownership culture : 70% of the company are previous founders

  • Kind team : The founders, Jordan and Nikhil, are Canadians

  • Tier-1 Investors : YC, KP seed, Bessemer Series A

What We Offer:

  • Real stake : We offer a competitive salary and excellent equity ownership

  • Comprehensive health coverage : medical, dental, and vision plans

  • Team love : We love hanging out, and we do quarterly off-sites

  • Flexible time off : take what you need

  • More : catered meals, transportation, gym, and a $10k annual L&D budget

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Vapi logo

Vapi

Deploy voice agents at scale.

Voice is the human interface for business. Vapi is the platform behind it. Most phone systems trap callers in menus, scripts, and hold music. Vapi doesn't. From indie builders to the Fortune 100, we've powered over 1,000,000,000 calls — handling the most complex conversations and driving real outcomes. Hear it yourself: 1-844-HEY-VAPI

Private companySeries BYC W21
Founded2023
HQSan Francisco, United States
Size51-200 employees
Industry
Software Development
Latest fundingSeries B · May 12, 2026
Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners
Tech stackanaplan, metronome1, kandji, jenkins, linear, apollo-io, redis, sam-crm, outreach, envoy, pulumi, intercom, fivetran-integration, power-bi, sandbox, cloudflare, microsoft-forefront, argo-cd, databricks, yc

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