Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to lead the end‑to‑end delivery of GenAI and agentic solutions for enterprise clients. You will own the full lifecycle from proof‑of‑concept through production go‑live, working directly on‑site with client engineering teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship GenAI/agentic solutions from architecture to implementation.
• Integrate solutions into client environments, handling authentication, data access, legacy interfaces, and existing systems.
• Adapt the build on‑site as real‑world usage reveals edge cases.
• Debug and resolve production issues within the client’s infrastructure.
• Set up monitoring, create handoff documentation, and serve as the primary technical contact during delivery.
• Lead delivery pods for GenAI engagements and provide presales support when needed.
• Feed learnings back into estimation and pattern libraries.
• Manage client expectations under shifting scope or timeline pressure.

Required profile

• 10–15+ years of experience shipping production software with hands‑on GenAI/LLM/agentic work.
• Proven ability to turn ambiguous designs into working production systems.
• Strong client‑facing communication skills and resilience under on‑site delivery pressure.
• Prior forward‑deployed, startup, or embedded‑consulting experience is a strong plus.

Required skills

• GenAI and LLM development, agentic platform expertise.
• Full‑stack development across orchestration, retrieval, integration, and deployment layers.
• Debugging across infrastructure, application code, and model behavior.
• Enterprise integration experience (SSO, legacy APIs, data‑governance constraints).
• Hands‑on with Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock/Strands Agents, Google Vertex AI.
• Familiarity with open‑source frameworks such as LangChain and LlamaIndex.