CareerPlan

Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, US Government

Arlington, Virginia, United StatesFull-time$168k–$227k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-05
Citizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Embed directly inside strategic enterprise customers to design, build, deploy, and run AI-powered production systems alongside the customer's engineering team.

Role type

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Builds

Production-grade AI systems, multi-agent orchestration, enterprise retrieval systems, and decision intelligence platforms

Domain

Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Software architecture, AI agent development, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, system reliability, team leadership, technical strategy

Preferred skills

Full SDLC experience, AWS services, React, TypeScript, Python, Go, customer-facing technical projects, Agile environments

Technologies

AWS, Python, Go, TypeScript, React, RAG, AI agents

Responsibilities

Lead technical delivery and architecture decisions for complex customer AI programs; Architect and build production AI systems at scale; Define operational standards and production-readiness criteria for AI systems; Mentor junior FDEs and contribute to hiring; Accelerate customer transformation by creating reusable AI accelerators

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities