Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Lead the Forward Deployed Engineering function to build systems, workflows, and quality frameworks for high-quality dataset production at scale within the Data-as-a-Service organization.
Role type
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (Hands-on player-coach)
Builds
End-to-end AI data pipelines, ML-assisted workflows, HITL data generation systems, and internal tooling for orchestration and monitoring.
Domain
Data-centric AI, Machine Learning Engineering, Production Operations
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
AI/ML/GenAI engineering, team leadership, data pipeline design, Python, SQL, API integration, evaluation framework design, systems thinking
Preferred skills
Human-in-the-loop (HITL) systems, synthetic data generation, internal platform building, customer-facing consulting experience
Technologies
Python, SQL, APIs
Responsibilities
Define team operating model and technical roadmap; hire and mentor engineers; design and evolve AI data pipelines; drive ML-assisted and HITL workflow development; establish measurement and validation systems; partner cross-functionally to productionize new approaches.
Seniority
Manager, founding leader, hands-on IC