Forward Deployed Engineer - Platform Engineer
Core
End-to-end delivery of cloud platform and infrastructure modernizations, including foundations for generative AI and agentic systems.
Role type
Senior IC Platform Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Builds
Enterprise container platforms (Kubernetes), GitOps delivery pipelines, self-service developer environments, secure landing zones, and AI hosting infrastructure.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Generative AI Platforms
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud architecture (Azure, GCP, AWS), Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm), CI/CD pipelines, Security implementation, SSL/TLS management, DNS administration, Observability (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), Microservices/API design.
Preferred skills
Agentic AI frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen), LLM governance, Legacy application modernization, Platform architectural guardrails.
Technologies
Azure, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, Helm, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, LiteLLM, Portkey, Kong AI Gateway.
Responsibilities
Translate business challenges into target-state cloud solutions; Build enterprise container platforms and GitOps delivery; Support platforms hosting generative AI systems; Own delivery end-to-end including CI/CD and IaC; Implement end-to-end security across platforms; Define architectural standards and guardrails; Instrument platforms for observability.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
