Deployment Strategist, Arena
Electrical Engineering
$150-225k
+ Equity
More information about location
Foundational intelligence for modern hardware
Open for applications
Foundational intelligence for modern hardware
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$150-225k
+ Equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the speed at which humanity designs, builds, and sustains hardware.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of professional experience, including as an electrical engineer (design and/or test) working in industry – at a leading company in Aerospace, Automotive or Semiconductors
- Full-stack technical literacy - you are well versed across a wide range of technical topics with deep expertise in select areas, and you are eager and able to pick up new depths easily
- Product-fluency - you have worked closely with product teams, understand the user journey, and can balance technical product development with practical user needs
- A strong ability to understand and articulate how AI-native products create commercial value
- Strong written and verbal communication & storytelling – you can communicate your ideas clearly and concisely in a medium of your choosing to a wide variety of stakeholders
What the job involves
- As a Deployment Strategist, Electrical Engineering you will own the success of an Atlas deployment from end to end—from use case identification and workflow mapping to new feature development that accelerate hardware innovation
- Working on fast timelines, you'll collaborate closely with customers, users, and Arena's engineering, and GTM teams to successfully deploy Atlas, while measuring and demonstrating real-world value
- Your responsibilities include building a deep understanding of your users, their organizations, and their workflows, then identifying how new or existing Atlas features will transform their processes
- You'll work directly with customers to remove technical and organizational blockers, making you a key player in their success
- In close collaboration with our engineering team, you'll work with Arena's product leadership to identify and develop new features that deliver maximum value to users in real-world scenarios
- This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience driving innovation across some of the world's most vital industries—ideal for those aspiring to become founders or product leaders
- Deployment ownership - own deployment execution for one or more customer accounts from technical strategy to stakeholder management, and develop deep understanding of our users. Ensure deployment success through consistent on-site presence and building strong relationships across the organization
- Drive user adoption - drive usage of Atlas with our customers, and provide structured, technical product feedback to our Core Product and Platform engineering teams to shape our product roadmap
- Foster and grow relationships with users and senior technical/business leadership - lead technical conversations with senior customer leadership and technical users as our domain expert at the intersection of AI and Electrical Engineering
- Travel domestically and internationally (up to 50% of your time)
- Work in person at Arena's NYC HQ or SF when not traveling
Our take
Arena leverages performance data, predictive algorithms, and machine learning technology to help businesses automate high frequency decisions. In theory, the platform can be used to automate marketing strategies, promotions, inventory and supply chain management, pricing, and more.
Although AI automated decision-making may sound overly ambitious at first, a closer look suggests that it’s actually a natural progression from the huge growth of AI-powered data analytics companies. Arena separates itself from these by providing the next actionable step, rather than leaving these decisions up to internal teams.
Since launching in 2020, the company has moved from early promise into a more established growth phase. Its technology is now used by major global businesses, including Anheuser-Busch InBev, showing that automated decision-making is becoming a practical reality. Rather than being defines by a single fundraiser, Arena's progress today is about continued execution, expanding use cases, improving its models, and embedding deeper into enterprise workflows as demand for real-time, automated decisions continues to grow.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2025
$30m
SERIES B
Aug 2022
$32m
SERIES A
Total funding: $94m
Company benefits
- Premium Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance and cover 100% of monthly premiums for employees.
- Primary & Virtual Care: Get comprehensive medical care whenever and wherever you need it through One Medical and Teladoc.
- Mental Wellness Support: Prioritize your mental wellbeing with Talkspace’s licensed therapists and mental health professionals.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan: Plan confidently for the years ahead and your long-term financial future with our 401(k) plan.
- Unlimited PTO: Take meaningful time off throughout the year to relax and recharge with our unlimited PTO policy.
- Commuter Benefits: Make your daily commute smooth and easy with tax-free transportation support.
Company HQ
Ukrainian Village, New York, NY
Leadership
Pratap Ranade
(Co-Founder & CEO)Pratap previously co-founded Kimono Labs where he served as the CEO for 2 years, when it was acquired by Palantir. He then moved into the role of Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir. He also spent 2 years at Engima Technologies as a VP of Engineering before co-founding Arena in 2019.
Engin Ural
(Co-Founder)After co-founding Arena in 2019, Engin served as the CTO until 2025. Previously, he was a Software Engineer at Enigma Technologies and a Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Palantir.
Arya Hezarkhani
(CTO)Arya joined Arena in 2021 as an Engineering Lead, since then he has served as the Product Lead of Growth and GM/Head of Product, moving into he role of CTO in 2025. Prior to Arena, he worked in Satellite Flight Software (Project Kuiper) at Amazon and as a Software Engineer (AWS Batch) at AWS.
Claire Pan
(COO)Claire joined Arena in 2024, working in Strategy & Business Operations, and moved into the role of COO in 2025. Prior to Arena, she spent 2 years at Inspired Capital as an Associate then Senior Associate.
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