Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Lead hands-on deployment, scaling, and adoption of production AI and agentic software across core business units by embedding with operational leaders to scope, prototype, and ship high-impact workflows. (via careerplan.io/jobs/D9-006-EC-F6C-head-of-forward-deployed-engineering)
Role type
Senior IC engineering leader (Head of Forward Deployed Engineering)
Builds
Production-ready AI workflows, reusable tooling, prompt libraries, and internal accelerators for agentic software
Domain
Insurtech / AI Engineering / Agentic Software
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Modern agentic/LLM frameworks (Claude Code, LangGraph, CrewAI), CI/CD and DevOps, business analysis, team leadership in high-autonomy environments, technical training design, metric-driven impact tracking
Preferred skills
Insurance/insurtech domain exposure, high-growth startup experience, data governance and compliance constraints
Technologies
Claude Code, LangGraph, CrewAI
Responsibilities
Embed across business units to scope and ship AI use cases; build reusable tooling and accelerators; lead a high-autonomy engineering team; bridge field reality with platform architecture; drive agentic coding best practices; deliver technical and business training; track adoption and business impact metrics
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
