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Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer

Santa Clara, California, usFull-time$221k2026-10-07 → 2026-11-12

Core

Lead architect for forward-deployed agentic AI solutions, working directly with customers to design, deploy, and verify autonomous agent systems on the ServiceNow platform for CRM & Industry workflows.

Role type

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

Builds

Agentic AI solutions (agent workflows, tool integrations, guardrails) deployed into customer production environments

Domain

Enterprise Software / CRM & Industry / Agentic AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Agentic AI system design, LLM behavior verification, ServiceNow platform architecture, end-to-end solution integration, security and reliability engineering, technical strategy definition, customer-facing solution delivery, senior engineering mentorship

Preferred skills

ServiceNow CRM & Industry domain knowledge, advanced degrees, relevant AI certifications

Technologies

ServiceNow platform, LLMs, autonomous agent frameworks

Responsibilities

Analyze customer use cases and translate them into scoped agentic AI solutions; Architect agent workflows, tool integrations, and guardrails on the ServiceNow platform; Deploy solutions into production and validate behavior against customer intent; Define multi-engagement technical standards and reusable deployment patterns; Serve as trusted technical advisor to customer executives; Verify quality, security, and reliability of deployed agents; Lead technical direction and mentorship for the FDE group; Feed field learnings back into product engineering

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership