Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
Core
Embeds directly inside strategic enterprise customer engineering teams to independently design, build, deploy, and run AI-powered production systems end-to-end.
Role type
Senior IC Forward Deployed Engineer (AI/ML)
Builds
Production-grade AI applications, agentic workflows, retrieval pipelines, and API orchestration layers for enterprise customers.
Domain
Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Software development, AI agent development, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, system design, production operations, Agile methodology, stakeholder communication
Preferred skills
AWS services, React, TypeScript, Python, Go, startup/founder experience, customer-facing technical leadership
Technologies
AWS, React, TypeScript, Python, Go, RAG, AI agents
Responsibilities
Translate customer business requirements into technical designs for AI-enabled systems; design and develop production-grade software for AI workflows; troubleshoot production incidents and implement monitoring/guardrails; mentor new team members and conduct code reviews; identify opportunities to expand AI adoption and codify reusable patterns.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
