Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Embed directly into strategic enterprise customers' organizations to autonomously design, build, deploy, and operate production AI systems alongside customer engineering teams.
Role type
Senior IC Forward Deployed Engineer (AI/ML)
Builds
Production-grade AI applications, search pipelines, workflow automation, API orchestration layers, and data integration systems.
Domain
Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Software development, Agent-based development, Specification-driven development, AI tooling (RAG, prompt engineering), Technical communication, Business process understanding, System design, Troubleshooting, Mentoring, CI/CD implementation
Preferred skills
Production environment experience, End-to-end system scaling, Cloud services experience, Software development lifecycle expertise
Technologies
AWS, AI/ML frameworks, RAG pipelines, Agent tools, CI/CD tools
Responsibilities
Collaborate with customer stakeholders to understand business value and technical constraints; Design and develop production AI applications integrating base models and customer data; Optimize latency, reliability, and cost for production workloads; Implement monitoring, evaluation, and guardrails to maintain AI system health; Mentor new members and provide code review feedback; Identify opportunities to accelerate AI adoption and create reusable patterns.