Forward Deployed Engineer

Why Zania

Every enterprise spends millions of dollars on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). It's one of the most critical, yet universally painful, parts of running a business. For decades, this industry has been dominated by legacy systems with notoriously low NPS scores, making it totally ripe for disruption.

Zania is building agentic AI for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) to solve this massive problem. We are on a rocketship trajectory , creating intelligent agents that automate and augment the most complex risk and compliance workflows. We have found exceptional product-market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Zania are :

• Dream Customers : Our customers are the most notable enterprises in the world, including FAANG, Big 4 firms and a portfolio of top customers.
• Tier 1 Backing : Funded by a leading Tier 1 venture capital fund, giving us the resources to build a generational company.
• World-Class Team : Zania is hiring the best. Our team includes AI and Security leaders from Airbnb, Microsoft, Bain & Company, Deloitte, PwC, Brex, and Instacart.
• Pioneering Technology : Our engineers and GRC experts work at the absolute forefront of applied AI, building the next generation of agentic systems that will define the future of compliance.
• Hyper-Growth : We have seen 10x ARR growth in the last year and are rapidly expanding.
• Competitive Compensation & Equity.

Role Overview

As an Applied AI Engineer, you will lead the charge in creating AI systems designed to outperform the world's leading experts in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). We are seeking an engineer to build production AI systems with a fanatical focus on accuracy, innovation, and responsible design. You will own and build the AI-native products that set a new global standard for GRC.

This role is based in our Palo Alto, CA office. We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance.

What You'll Do

Role Overview

As our Founding Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll partner directly with Fortune 500 CISOs, GRC leaders, and technical teams to deploy Zania's AI-native platform into some of the most complex, security-conscious environments in the world. You'll own technical engagements end-to-end - from discovery and configuration to integration and production rollout - running deep proof-of-concepts and navigating rigorous security, compliance, and legal requirements.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you'll help shape our forward deployment playbook alongside Product, GTM, and leadership as we build a new category.

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