Forward Deployed AI Architect
$200,000–$220,000 year
HybridNew Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Embed directly with customers on-site roughly two days per week to understand workflows and deliver working solutions on the company's agentic AI platform. Configure, extend, and deploy AI agents end-to-end, serving as the technical face to stakeholders while translating needs into buildable products. Design orchestration patterns for reasoning, retrieval, and tool use, then bring firsthand field insights back to shape the roadmap and move bespoke builds toward repeatable features. Establish governance and security practices appropriate for a regulated healthcare-adjacent setting while mentoring teams on adopting agentic ways of working.
Required Qualifications
- A strong track record building and shipping software or AI products, paired with a genuine product mindset
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing agentic AI or LLM-based systems
- Proven experience with generative AI, LLMs, and modern agent frameworks
- Direct, customer-facing delivery experience
- A demonstrated starter mindset
- Based in or able to reliably commute within the Tri-State area
- Willing to be on-site with customers roughly two days per week
Desired Qualifications
- Product management or product-owner experience, or a clear track record of shaping product direction from the field
- Experience with agent frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or the OpenAI Agents SDK
- Familiarity with RAG, vector databases, knowledge graphs, LLM evaluation, and observability tooling
- Clinical trial, pharma, or biotech domain experience
- Prior experience at an early-stage or venture-backed startup
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