Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Python, Data & GenAI)

Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Python, Data & GenAI)​

TheOpportunity

WearelookingforaseniorForwardDeployedEngineerwhocombinesproduction-gradesoftwareengineering,dataengineering,AIapplicationdevelopment,andclient-facingconsulting.Youwillworkcloselywithbusinessusers,subjectmatterexperts,productowners,andengineeringteamstounderstandcomplexworkflows,rapidlyvalidatesolutionsusingrealdata,removetechnicalblockers,andowndeliverythroughproductionlaunch,stabilization,adoption,andhandover.

WhatYouWillDo

• Workwithsubjectmatterexperts,productowners,businessusers,andengineerstomapworkflows,users,data,constraints,anddecisionpoints.
  

• Agreeonthefirstusefulrelease,measurablesuccesscriteria,andapracticalroadmapfromprototypetoproduction.
  

• ProfileunfamiliardatausingPython,pandas,PySpark,andSQLtoassesscoverage,quality,volumes,distributions,edgecases,andfeasibility.
  

• BuildworkingsolutionsusingrealdataandAPIs,validatethemwithusers,anditerativelyhardenthemforproduction.
  

• Design,develop,anddeployenterpriseAIanddataapplicationsusingPython,PySpark,SQL,RESTAPIs,FastAPI,andclouddataplatforms.
  

• BuildClaude-poweredapplications,copilots,andAIworkflowsusingpromptengineering,RAG,vectordatabases,semanticsearch,andagenticAIpatterns.
  

• Designbatch,real-time,andstreamingdatapipelinesandintegrationsacrossenterprisesystems.
  

• ImplementMLOps/LLMOpscapabilities,includinglifecyclemanagement,CI/CD,MLflow,monitoring,deploymentautomation,rollback,andproductionsupport.
  

• Createevaluationdatasetswithsubjectmatterexperts,measuremodelandLLMquality,performstructurederroranalysis,andprioritizeimprovements.
  

• Resolvedata-access,API,identity,network,security,infrastructure,anddeploymentblockerswithtechnicalteams.
  

• Ownpost-go-livemonitoring,incidentdiagnosis,rollback,stabilization,latency,performance,reliability,andcostoptimization.
  

• MeasureadoptionandbusinessimpactusingagreedKPIs,thencompletestructuredhandoverwithrunbooks,supportownership,andknowledgetransfer.
  

WhatYouBring

• 10+yearsofexperienceindataengineering,AIapplicationdevelopment,clouddataplatforms,andproductionsoftwareengineering.
  

• Stronghands-onexpertiseinPython,PySpark,SQL,RESTAPIs,FastAPI,Git,Docker,Kubernetes,Airflow,MLflow,CI/CD,anddistributedprocessing.
  

• ExperiencewithClaude,promptengineering,RAG,vectordatabases,semanticsearch,andagenticAIpatterns.
  

• StrongknowledgeofETL/ELT,batchandstreamingpipelines,dataquality,metadata,lineage,observability,andDataOps.
  

• ExperienceoperationalizingMLOps/LLMOps,includingmodellifecyclemanagement,automateddeployment,monitoring,rollback,andproductionsupport.
  

• Knowledgeofenterprisecloudservicesacrosscompute,storage,integration,orchestration,networking,monitoring,security,andcostoptimization.
  

• UnderstandingofIAM/RBAC,encryption,secretsmanagement,privacycontrols,auditability,compliance,andsecuredataaccess.
  

• Abilitytotranslatebusinessrequirementsintoscalabledesigns,definenon-functionalrequirements,estimateeffort,anddriveimplementation.
  

• Financialservicesexperienceandstrongclient-facingskillsacrossdiscovery,rapidprototyping,solutionshaping,workshops,andtechnicalpresentations.
  

• Bachelor'sdegreeinarelevantdiscipline.Cloud,Kubernetes,AIengineering,MLOps,dataengineering,architecture,orsecuritycertificationsarepreferred.