About the company
Higgsfield AI is the fastest-scaling generative AI company in history, hitting $700M in annual revenue run rate, 30M+ users worldwide, 6M+ generations per day, and powering 390 of Fortune 500 brands.
About the role
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to be the technical-creative weapon behind our enterprise business. This role is part cinematic director, part AI production engineer, part educator. You build the demos and proofs of concept that show Fortune 500 brands what's possible, then make those customers succeed in production.
Responsibilities
- Convert client briefs into tailored, visually stunning demos and proofs of concept.
- Own the technical-creative side of pilots from kickoff to production rollout.
- Track the generative AI model landscape constantly.
- Direct and produce cinematic AI campaigns end-to-end for enterprise customers: creative direction, shot design, character and asset consistency, generation, edit, delivery.
- Set and defend a broadcast-grade quality bar.
- Turn one-off wins into repeatable pipelines: model chains, presets, prompt systems, automation (APIs, MCP, agentic workflows).
- Reverse-engineer reference ads, film looks, and visual styles into reproducible Higgsfield workflows.
- Train customer teams hands-on: live workshops, demos, documented workflows.
- Become a trusted creative-technical advisor to CMOs, creative directors, and production leads.
- Bring field learnings back to Product, Engineering, and Research.
Requirements
- A portfolio of cinematic AI work at commercial quality.
- 5+ years in commercial, film, or creative production; 2+ years hands-on with generative AI.
- Deep, current fluency across the generative stack: image and video models, consistency techniques, VFX and motion workflows.
- Real cinematic craft: shot design, lighting, composition, storyboarding, editing.
- Proven client-facing delivery: pilots, PoCs, or commissioned productions.
- Comfortable presenting to executives and running live demos under pressure.
- Ability to teach non-technical creative teams.
- High sense of ownership, drive and startup, can-do mentality.
- High agency. Excellent English.
Nice to haves
- Background in film, advertising, fashion, or e-commerce content production.
- Expert-level familiarity with each AI model, including Higgsfield's proprietary models, tools, plugins and skills.
- Scripting or automation experience (Python, APIs, ComfyUI, MCP, agent pipelines).
- Prior forward deployed, solutions engineering, or sales engineering experience at an AI or creative platform.
- An existing audience or community in the AI creative ecosystem.
- Experience working with enterprise stakeholders and Fortune 500 brands.
Conditions
- Competitive salary in USD.
- On-site role in our Almaty office.
- Relocation to Almaty from anywhere: we sponsor and process your work permit, cover your flights, and provide temporary housing while you settle in.
- Full-time position.