Forward Deployed Engineer - New Capabilities
Core
Embed with product teams to identify business problems and either reuse existing AI services or build new ones to solve them.
Role type
Senior IC Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Services)
Builds
AI-first applications, new AI services, and production data/model-serving pipelines
Domain
Enterprise software, AI/LLM, Cloud-native
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Python, Cloud-native services, Kubernetes, LLM integration, Agentic systems, RAG/Retrieval, REST APIs, Infrastructure as Code, Distributed systems
Preferred skills
MCP experience, Azure (AKS, Blob Storage, Key Vault), Event-driven architecture
Technologies
Python, Azure, AKS, Blob Storage, Key Vault, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Terraform, Vector databases
Responsibilities
Embed with product teams to understand business flows and AI opportunities; Lead technical discovery to separate bottlenecks from symptoms; Design and build AI-first applications on existing services; Scope, design, and build new AI services when gaps exist; Manage data pipelines, model training, serving, and MLOps; Translate business requirements into actionable roadmap input; Communicate trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
