Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Embed within strategic enterprise customer engineering teams to design, build, deploy, and run AI-powered production systems and agentic workflows end-to-end.
Role type
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (AI/ML Systems)
Builds
Production-grade AI applications, orchestration layers for multi-agent systems, retrieval pipelines, and workflow automation.
Domain
Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Production software development, System design and architecture, AI agent development, RAG pipelines, Prompt engineering, Technical leadership, Cross-functional communication
Preferred skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Experience with eval frameworks
Technologies
Foundation models, APIs, CI/CD, Observability tools
Responsibilities
Translate ambiguous business problems into scalable AI-enabled production systems; Integrate foundation models, customer data sources, and existing applications; Troubleshoot production incidents across AI models and distributed systems; Mentor engineers and contribute to AWS engineering best practices; Codify reusable patterns and reference architectures.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities