Forward Deployed Engineer | IFS Copperleaf
Core
Forward Deployed Engineer who stands up AI-powered decision analytics on customer data to prove value in deals and rapidly prototypes near-production solutions for critical pursuits.
Role type
Senior IC forward-deployed engineer (AI/ML)
Builds
AI-powered decision analytics prototypes and productionized solutions for asset-intensive organizations
Domain
Asset-intensive industries (utilities, energy, water, transportation) + AI/ML
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
LLM application development, RAG, prompt and context engineering, agent orchestration, enterprise system integration, REST and streaming APIs, customer-facing technical discovery, solution architecture, productionization, reusable accelerator development
Preferred skills
Angular, Python, SQL, data modeling, pipeline building, observability, performance engineering, startup experience, prior AI deployment in regulated environments
Technologies
LLMs, RAG, Claude Code, ESRI ArcGIS, IBM Maximo, SAP, Oracle ERP, PowerBI
Responsibilities
Run technical discovery sessions and hold value conversations with stakeholders, prototype aggressively to test hypotheses inside deal timelines, engineer for security/reliability/observability in production, measure adoption and workflow impact, partner with Product/R&D to shape roadmap based on validated patterns, turn recurring needs into reusable accelerators
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
