Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Staff Software Engineer embedding with customer teams to build and deploy AI-enabled applications, agents, and workflow automation in secure, regulated environments.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Builds
AI agents, LLM applications, workflow automation, backend services, APIs, and integrations for enterprise customers.
Domain
Enterprise AI, National Security, Healthcare, Oil & Gas
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Scalable system design, AI/ML and LLM techniques (RAG, guardrails, evals), backend engineering, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, full-stack development, debugging in ambiguous environments, technical communication
Preferred skills
Experience as forward deployed/solutions/product/platform/founding engineer, AI agents and workflow orchestration, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, identity and access management, compliance and security constraints
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD
Responsibilities
Work directly with customers to understand workflows and constraints; build reusable capabilities into the core product and adapt them for customer environments; own delivery from prototype through production including architecture and deployment; integrate with customer systems and infrastructure; debug issues in deployed environments; partner with security and product teams to ensure secure, auditable solutions
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical direction
