Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineers
Core
Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineer responsible for owning technical direction, architecture, and delivery of complex production AI systems (agentic systems, RAG, MCP) for enterprise clients in Financial Services, Energy, and Healthcare.
Role type
Principal Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Senior IC with commercial and mentorship responsibilities)
Builds
Production agentic AI systems, multi-agent orchestration, advanced RAG pipelines, MCP servers, and evaluation frameworks for regulated environments
Domain
Enterprise AI, Agentic Systems, RAG, Financial Services, Energy, Healthcare
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Architecting agentic systems at scale, designing RAG pipelines, building MCP servers, developing evaluation frameworks, leading delivery teams, managing commercial health, mentoring engineers, pre-sales technical leadership
Preferred skills
Consultancy background, domain expertise in Financial Services/Energy/Healthcare, commercial estimation, technical founding experience, community presence
Technologies
Anthropic (Claude), AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, MCP servers
Responsibilities
Own technical direction and architecture for complex AI engagements; Design and build production agentic AI systems and RAG pipelines; Deliver workstreams through Lead/Senior engineers; Manage senior stakeholders as trusted advisor; Influence wins through pre-sales and proposal shaping; Develop talent and create IP/accelerators
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship
