Back to all jobs
E

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Eliza

AustinOn-site11mo ago
Employment
Full-time
Seniority
Senior

About the role

About Us

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Solution Design

  • Lead architecture and design of AI/ML solutions tailored to unique client requirements, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Guide clients through decisions related to LLM integration, data engineering, infrastructure design, and model operations.
  • Own end-to-end solution delivery, from exploration and rapid prototyping to production deployment and handoff.

2. Client Engagement & Consulting

  • Serve as the senior technical point of contact during client engagements—trusted by executives, product leaders, and technical teams alike.
  • Conduct technical discovery, shape implementation roadmaps, and communicate risks and trade-offs clearly to diverse stakeholders.
  • Influence long-term client strategy through technical advisory, architectural reviews, and enablement sessions.

3. Deep AI Engineering

  • Build AI-driven applications using modern frameworks and tools (e.g., Python, LangChain, FastAPI, Docker, cloud-native platforms).
  • Design and implement workflows involving generative AI (e.g., retrieval-augmented generation, prompt tuning, embeddings pipelines).
  • Collaborate with internal research, data, and platform teams to extend company-wide best practices to client-specific contexts.

4. Mentorship & Technical Enablement

  • Mentor junior engineers and consultants across engagements, fostering a high bar for technical quality and client service.
  • Help define internal tooling, architecture patterns, and deployment playbooks based on field experience.
  • Represent the engineering team in pre-sales discussions, project scoping, and high-stakes strategic planning.


Qualifications


Required

  • 5–8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in AI/ML-focused roles.
  • Demonstrated experience leading technical delivery in a client-facing or consulting environment.
  • Strong understanding of modern AI architectures, including experience deploying LLMs, building RAG pipelines, and working with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS).
  • Fluency in Python, with experience in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization, and scalable API design.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to command technical and business conversations with senior stakeholders.


Preferred

  • Experience in regulated or high-complexity environments (e.g., finance, healthcare, legal, government).
  • Familiarity with enterprise AI lifecycle tools (e.g., MLflow, Ray, Databricks, Airflow).
  • Contributions to open-source AI tools or internal frameworks in previous roles.
  • Willingness to travel for key client engagements (if applicable).


What We Offer

  • Executive-level impact and visibility across high-profile client projects.
  • Leadership opportunities in a rapidly growing AI services company.
  • Competitive compensation, including salary, performance bonuses, and equity.
  • Remote flexibility with options for on-site work and client immersion.
  • A high-trust, high-caliber team passionate about shaping the AI frontier.

Perks & benefits

  • Equity Compensation

764,000+ hidden jobs like this

Eliza and thousands of companies post here first — often days before LinkedIn or Indeed. Your first 5 applications are free; go Pro to apply without limits.

Everything Pro unlocks:

  • Unlimited applications — free stops at 5
  • Track every application in one place
  • Apply straight to the source, one click
  • Save & organize roles you love
  • Roles pulled from company boards before the big sites

Weekly

$9.99
$4.99/week

For an active search. Cancel anytime.

Most popular

Monthly

$24.99
$12.99/month

The smart pick. Save 35% vs weekly.

Lifetime

$99
$49.99once

Pay once. Every future feature, forever.