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Forward Deployment AI Engineer

lyratechgroup
San Diego3w ago

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<div class="content-intro"><p><a href="http://www.lyratechgroup.com/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}">Lyra Technology Group</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;is a&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">p</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">rivate&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">e</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">quity-backed holding company that invests in and&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">operates</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;industry leading technology service businesses. Our companies are&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">operated</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;independently by exceptional management teams. Companies that join our group&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">retain</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;the employees, name, and culture that have made them successful. As a platform of&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://www.evergreensg.com/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Evergreen&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Services</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;Group</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">, we never divest from businesses we partner with and approach every decision with the goal of driving sustainable and healthy growth over the long term. </span></span><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;920dbcde-2834-5e15-a5fa-062170b236ba|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;eop&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;eop&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}"> </span></span></p></div><p><strong>Forward Deployment AI Engineer</strong></p> <p><a href="https://interlaced.io/">Interlaced</a>, a Lyra Technology Group portfolio company, is looking for a Forward Deployment AI Engineer. The FDE will embed with our clients' businesses — rolling up your sleeves to design, build, and deploy AI-powered solutions that create real operational impact. You won't be sitting behind a desk writing specs; you'll be working directly with small and mid-size businesses diagnosing inefficiencies, earning stakeholder trust, and shipping production-grade AI agents, automated workflows, and engineering solutions that change how these organizations run.</p> <p>This is a hands-on, client-facing engineering role built for someone who is as comfortable presenting to a small business owner as they are writing Python.</p> <p>Our companies are cloud-focused IT services providers, providing outsourced IT services for innovative businesses across the globe.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>We are cloud focused</li> <li>We work with cutting edge clients in forward thinking industries like tech startups, biotech and digital agencies</li> <li>We are poised for significant growth in 2026 and beyond and need you to help us do it!</li> </ul> <p>We are a team of hungry, innovative, technology-lovers who are excited to build something amazing together!</p> <p><strong>Your work as a Forward Deployment AI Engineer will include several components:&nbsp; </strong></p> <ul> <li>Relationship Management: Identify, engage, and secure new business opportunities</li> <li>Embed directly with clients to discover operational pain points, map workflows, and identify high-ROI opportunities for AI and automation</li> <li>Design and build AI agents using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar — including tool-use, memory, and multi-agent orchestration patterns</li> <li>Develop AI-powered workflows that integrate with clients' existing systems (CRMs, ERPs, cloud platforms, communication tools, etc.)</li> <li>Engineer automation solutions across areas such as document processing, data extraction, reporting, customer communication, and internal operations</li> <li>Own the full delivery lifecycle — from scoping and architecture to build, testing, handoff, and lightweight documentation</li> <li>Train and enable client teams to maintain and iterate on solutions post-deployment</li> <li>Serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating complex AI capabilities into clear business value for non-technical stakeholders</li> <li>Contribute internally by codifying reusable components, playbooks, and delivery templates that scale across the practice</li> <li>Stay at the forefront of the AI landscape and proactively recommend new tools, solutions, and service offerings that help Interlaced and its clients remain ahead of the curve</li> <li>You genuinely enjoy teaching. You'll be expected to elevate our internal team's AI fluency, not just deliver client engagements.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Our ideal Forward Deployment AI Engineer has the following qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field</li> <li>Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future</li> <li>2+ years of professional experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, or a technical consulting role</li> <li>Working proficiency in Python and familiarity with REST APIs and cloud services</li> <li>Hands-on experience building with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar)</li> <li>Understanding of prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and agentic workflow patterns</li> <li>Ability to work independently in ambiguous, fast-moving client environments. You'll be the primary technical resource for this practice and should be comfortable embracing challenge.</li> <li>Strong communication skills — you can explain a vector database to a CFO without losing them</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience with workflow automation platforms (Zapier, Make, n8n, Lindy or similar)</li> <li>Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma) and embedding pipelines</li> <li>Exposure to low-code/no-code tools alongside custom-code solutions</li> <li>Prior client-facing, consulting, or forward-deployed engineering experience</li> <li>Experience working with SMB clients across industries such as professional services, healthcare, logistics, or retail</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who Thrives in This Role</strong></p> <p>You're a builder who gets energy from solving real problems for real people. You're not waiting for perfect requirements — you ask good questions, form a hypothesis, and get something in front of stakeholders fast. You're comfortable being the most technical person in the room for one hour and a junior learner the next. You care about the outcome, not just the code.</p> <p>The targeted base salary for this role is $120,000 - $150,000 per year and will operate out of the Interlaced office on a hybrid basis<em>.</em></p> <p><em>Lyra Tech Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive team.</em></p>

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