Principal Forward Deployed Engineer – AI & Developer Platform
Core
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer serving as a technical authority and field-to-engineering leader to embed with enterprise accounts, revolutionizing how teams build and scale AI-native applications on core infrastructure.
Role type
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (AI & Developer Platform)
Builds
Enterprise-grade APIs, SDKs, developer CLI tools, production LLM inference environments, and GitOps pipelines for AI-native applications.
Domain
Enterprise Infrastructure Software, Cloud-Native AI, LLM Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
API Architecture (REST, gRPC, GraphQL), Kubernetes (CRDs, Operators, CAPI), LLM Frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, vLLM), Go, Python, TypeScript, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux), Vector Databases, GPU Workload Orchestration
Preferred skills
C-suite technical leadership, multi-cloud enterprise distributions, AI workflow integration
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, Python, TypeScript, LangChain, LlamaIndex, vLLM, Ray, Milvus, Qdrant, Pinecone, Apache Kafka, Redis, NVIDIA vGPU
Responsibilities
Design and standardize enterprise APIs and SDKs; Architect production LLM inference environments; Establish GitOps pipelines and developer tooling; Write production code for platform operators and AI wrappers; Mentor on API design and code quality; Translate field friction into product roadmap requirements.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
