Forward Deployed Engineer Agentic AI - On site/hybrid
Job Description
Job Description Forward Deployed Engineer – Agentic AI
Salary: $200,000 – $250,000 + Bonus
Why This Role?
- Work on enterprise-scale GenAI and Agentic AI initiatives
- Exposure to Fortune 2000 AI transformation programs
- High visibility with executive stakeholders and enterprise clients
- Strong compensation package with bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid parental leave, PTO, and disability coverage
About the Role
The updated FDE role combines client-facing problem solving with hands-on engineering, taking enterprise AI solutions from proofs of value into production. We are looking for:
* 8+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, or technical consulting, with client-facing delivery.
* Strong Python skills, plus TypeScript, Java, or Go.
* Practical experience with AI agents, LLMs, RAG, tool/API integrations, and AWS, Azure, or GCP.
* Clear personal contributions to coding, architecture, evaluation, integration, and deployment. Production GenAI experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Partner with enterprise stakeholders to identify AI opportunities and define measurable business outcomes
- Build rapid proof-of-value and MVP AI solutions using modern GenAI and agentic frameworks
- Design scalable AI architectures including orchestration, governance, observability, and security controls
- Develop AI workflows with tool integrations, enterprise data connectivity, and lightweight user experiences
- Implement RAG architectures, vector search, retrieval strategies, and evaluation frameworks
- Integrate AI solutions with enterprise platforms including AWS, Azure, GCP, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, and Microsoft ecosystems
- Support technical discovery sessions, workshops, demos, and executive presentations
- Create reusable AI accelerators, templates, evaluation suites, and reference architectures
- Collaborate with engineering, cloud, product, and delivery teams to transition solutions into production environments
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, solution architecture, or technical consulting
- Strong experience building enterprise GenAI or Agentic AI solutions
- Experience with LLM orchestration, tool-calling, planning workflows, and human-in-the-loop systems
- Hands-on experience with RAG pipelines, vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval evaluation
- Strong full-stack engineering fundamentals including APIs, integrations, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures
- Proficiency in Python and at least one additional language such as TypeScript, Java, or Go
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP environments
- Familiarity with CI/CD, containers, observability, and AI governance concepts
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage executive stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree required
Preferred Background
- Experience deploying production-grade GenAI systems
- Consulting or client-facing engineering experience preferred
- Exposure to AI governance, AgentOps, telemetry, and compliance frameworks
- Experience within enterprise AI consulting or hyperscaler ecosystems is highly valued
- Background supporting industries such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, hospitality, or healthcare is a plus
Additional Details
- Full-time opportunity
- Bonus eligible
- Occasional travel required for workshops and client engagements
- Sponsorship not available
- Candidates should have fewer than 10 years of total experience preferred by the hiring team
