Forward Deployed Engineer, Forward Deployment Engineering
Core
Embed within 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 Systems)
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
Required skills
Software development, System design and architecture, AI agent development, RAG pipelines, Prompt engineering, Technical mentorship, Stakeholder communication
Preferred skills
AWS services, React, TypeScript, Python, Go, Startup/founder experience, Agile environment experience
Technologies
AWS, React, TypeScript, Python, Go
Responsibilities
Translate customer requirements into technical designs for AI-enabled systems, develop and integrate foundation models with customer data, troubleshoot production incidents across distributed systems, mentor new team members on code quality and system operations, identify opportunities to expand AI adoption and codify reusable patterns.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities