Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed)
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About the role
As a Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you'll work directly with clients and our internal delivery teams to build and deploy AI-powered solutions that transform how work gets done. You'll own projects end-to-end: scoping ambiguous problems, prototyping AI workflows, and deploying scalable systems on top of our products - all while interfacing with technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is a hybrid role: equal parts AI engineer, software builder, and technical consultant. It's perfect for someone who wants to be hands-on with models and close to the impact they generate.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with delivery leaders to scope technical solutions to operational problems
- Identify workflow optimizations through deep engagement with customer problems and work to build into a stable and scalable solution
- Design and implement AI-powered workflows using LLMs, embedding models, retrieval systems, and automation tools
- Translate messy real-world constraints (e.g., inconsistent data, latency requirements) into elegant engineering solutionsCloud Operations and Management: Oversee and optimize cloud infrastructure to ensure efficient deployment and operation of ML models
- Iterate quickly based on real-time feedback from operators and clients
- Build reusable tooling and infrastructure that accelerates future deployments
- What We Need
- 6+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time spent building data, ML, or backend systems
- Python & ML/LLM Frameworks: Deep proficiency in Python with hands-on experience using Hugging Face, LangChain, OpenAI, Pinecone, and related ecosystems
- Deployment & Infrastructure: Skilled in full-stack and API-based deployment patterns, including Docker, FastAPI, Kubernetes, and cloud environments (GCP, AWS)
- Platform Orchestration: Experienced with workflow orchestration libraries, pub/sub systems (Kafka), and schema governance
- Data Management: Expertise in data governance and operations, including Unity Catalog and policy management, cluster/job orchestration, data contracts and quality enforcement, Delta/ETL pipelines, and replay processes
- Strong product and distributed systems skills - you understand business needs and how to translate them into technical architecture
- Experience building usable systems from messy data and ambiguous requirements
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills; you've led conversations with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
- Proven experience owning projects from scoping through deployment in ambiguous, high-stakes environments
- Be willing to be on-call for our customers when situations arise
- Strong engineering background demonstrated by a Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science and related fields OR equivalent professional experience
- Available to work Eastern Time zone hours (8am-6pm ET)
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