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Forward Deployed Engineer

Auckland💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior technical practitioner embedding directly into client accounts to build production-grade AI solutions and reset delivery expectations.

Role type

Senior IC Forward Deployed Engineer (AI/ML)

Builds

Production-grade AI applications, agentic workflows, and data pipelines integrated into legacy enterprise systems.

Domain

Enterprise AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, TypeScript, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), LLMs and AI Agent Frameworks, Data Engineering, RAG and Vector Databases, Prompt Engineering, System Architecture

Preferred skills

Regulated industry experience (Finance/Health/Gov), Legacy system integration, Consulting or client-facing delivery ownership, Multi-cloud architecture

Technologies

Python, TypeScript, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AWS, Azure, GCP, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, FastAPI, React, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Palantir Foundry, Salesforce Einstein, ServiceNow AI, SAP AI Core, Databricks, Snowflake

Responsibilities

Embed as primary technical owner from discovery to production deployment, Translate ambiguous business problems into sprint-ready technical plans, Build and deploy production-grade AI solutions on client infrastructure, Lead AI-native engineering using LLMs and agent frameworks, Provide technical leadership and mentorship to client and internal teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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