Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government
Core
Leads multiple pods of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) across strategic enterprise customers, defining delivery models, engineering standards, and talent strategy for the FDE practice at scale.
Role type
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (AI/ML)
Builds
Forward-deployed AI engineering teams and production systems for enterprise customers
Domain
Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, Government contracting
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Engineering management (15+ people), Technical strategy definition, Large-scale system architecture, Organizational scaling, Executive communication, Talent pipeline development
Preferred skills
Senior leadership development, AI/ML production system scaling, Agentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration, Engineering mechanism creation, Product roadmap influence
Technologies
AWS, AI/ML frameworks, Agentic workflows
Responsibilities
Lead FDE delivery organization across multiple customer engagements; Define technical strategy and standards for complex AI programs; Own production excellence and operational standards at organizational scale; Build and scale the FDE team including hiring and succession planning; Accelerate transformation by creating reusable platforms and influencing AWS product roadmaps
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on leadership
