Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll work directly with IFS Acquired organizations to deliver custom, production-ready AI solutions that solve real-world problems. You'll lead the design and deployment of intelligent agents across business workflows-owning everything from discovery and prototyping to configuration, testing, and launch. This is a fast-paced, hands-on role that combines engineering, customer collaboration, and applied AI. You will serve as a critical link between our product and the customer's needs-ensuring rapid value delivery and laying the foundation for long-term success.

Responsibilities

• Partner with acquired companies to scope and implement AI Agent use cases across complex workflows
• Tune agent behavior and logic to deliver measurable outcomes (e.g., lower costs, increase in efficiency, fewer errors)
• Troubleshoot deployments and iterate quickly to ensure performance, accuracy, and user adoption
• Document technical decisions and hand off stable deployments

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in a software engineering, solutions engineering, or ML deployment role
• Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of AI/ML frameworks (e.g. OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.)
• Familiarity with building LLM applications, RAG systems, or conversational AI workflows
• Experience integrating with enterprise systems via APIs or middleware (e.g. Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle)
• Ability to translate business problems into technical solutions-and deliver them fast
• Strong interpersonal skills; you're just as comfortable on a whiteboard with a customer as you are in code
• Bias toward action, ownership, and continuous learning in dynamic environments
• Background in SaaS, customer experience, support operations, or manufacturing systems
• Experience deploying AI in mission-critical environments
• Prior work with enterprise AI platforms or multi-agent orchestration
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Equal Opportunity Employer

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