Deployment Strategist

Department: Engineering

Location: San Francisco, New York

Compensation: $150K – $250K

Employment Type: FullTime

Who We Are

Serval is an AI-native automation platform transforming how enterprises operate. We build intelligent agents that understand real-world workflows and execute them end-to-end — replacing manual processes and rigid legacy systems with adaptive, learning software. Founded in early 2024, Serval is already trusted by companies like General Motors, Notion, Perplexity, Vercel, Mercor, LangChain, and Verkada to automate high-volume, high-friction operational work across their organizations.

At the core of Serval is an agentic AI platform that turns natural language into production-grade workflows. Our agents don’t just respond to requests — they reason, take action across systems, and continuously improve with usage. What began with operational use cases has quickly evolved into a horizontal AI automation layer used across IT, HR, Finance, Security, Legal, and Engineering.

Our mission is to eliminate repetitive, manual work across the enterprise and give teams leverage through intelligent automation. Long term, we’re building the universal AI operations layer — a system of agents that sits across business functions and runs the workflows that keep modern companies moving.

We’re backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Meritech, First Round, General Catalyst, Elad Gil, and others, and founded by product and engineering leaders from Verkada.

Role Overview

As an early Deployment Strategist, you’ll own the end-to-end customer journey, from initial implementation through adoption and expansion. There’s no playbook yet. You’ll design and deliver tailored implementations for each customer, tackle problems that matter to their business, and apply those learnings to shape Serval’s product and Deployment Strategist model.

You’ll need to be deeply hands-on and comfortable wearing many hats, from debugging and shipping features using code and no-code tools to jumping on a call to explain tradeoffs to non-technical audiences. The right person for this role thrives in ambiguity and brings a strong blend of technical depth and customer obsession.

What You’ll Do

• Own customer onboarding end-to-end, designing and delivering implementations that align Serval to customer workflows and goals.

• Conduct training sessions and create documentation that helps customers become self-sufficient with Serval’s technology.

• Design and execute migration plans that minimize disruption and ensure seamless adoption of Serval’s platform.

• Serve as the primary technical resource post-sale, troubleshooting issues and advocating for customer needs internally.

• Partner with Engineering, Sales, and Marketing to turn customer insights into product improvements and scalable processes.

• Modify production code to fix bugs and build features to extend the product’s capabilities to meet customer needs.

• Identify and support expansion opportunities by demonstrating additional value and partnering with Sales on renewals and growth.

What You’ll Need

• Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• 2+ years of experience in an engineering role, ideally with close customer interaction (e.g., Product Engineer).

• Experience investigating production issues by analyzing code paths, database state, API requests and responses, leveraging infra and browser dev tools.

• Understanding of APIs and RESTful concepts; IAM knowledge; SQL for data analysis; ability to read and troubleshoot production code in customer-facing environments.

• Deep appreciation for delivering high-quality user experiences.

• Capable of translating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience in an early-stage startup environment.

• Experience writing production code.

• Familiarity with IT, security, or service management domain.

What We Offer

• Impact: Be a key player in shaping the success of our product and company.

• Growth: Build a fundamentally new AI product offering with the support of our experienced team and investors. Grow rapidly with the company.

• Culture: Join a culture that values innovation, ownership, accountability, and fun.