CareerPlan

Forward Deployed Data & AI Engineer – Generative AI & Azure

Houston, TexasFull-time$155k–$195k2026-09-28 → 2026-10-22

Core

Design and build enterprise-grade Generative AI and data solutions on Microsoft Azure for clients.

Role type

Senior IC Generative AI & Data Engineer

Builds

Scalable production-ready AI applications, data pipelines, and cloud-native services

Domain

Enterprise Generative AI, Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLMs, Generative AI, Azure OpenAI, RAG architectures, AI agents, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Microsoft Azure, Vector databases, Semantic search, API integration

Preferred skills

Databricks Unity Catalog

Technologies

Azure OpenAI, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Azure AI Foundry

Responsibilities

Design and develop Generative AI solutions using LLMs and RAG; Build scalable data pipelines and integration workflows; Architect cloud-native solutions with security and automation; Develop APIs connecting AI applications with enterprise systems; Contribute to solution architecture decisions across AI, data, and cloud.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC