Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI
Remote · United States or Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI responsible for end-to-end delivery of AI-native solutions inside customer environments (MCP servers, agentic workflows, and custom integrations). design and deploy cloud-backed deployments (Terraform-managed AWS, VPC, IAM, security controls), work with Databricks/Snowflake/S3 data stacks, debug production pipelines, and lead technical engagements with customer stakeholders. Requires 7+ years production software experience, hands-on agentic AI experience, strong AWS/Terraform ownership, Python/API proficiency, and a security/compliance mindset to operate in regulated environments.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with production systems
- Hands-on agentic AI experience or AI tools
- Strong AWS and Terraform ownership (VPC, IAM, security)
- Python development, APIs, async service patterns
- Experience with large-scale data systems (Databricks, Delta Lake, Snowflake, S3)
- Security/compliance focus (SOC 2, HIPAA, BAA)
- Experience leading technical conversations with customer engineers and stakeholders
- Ability to work across infrastructure, application, data, and AI layers
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