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Forward Deploy Engineer - AI Solutions

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Experience
  • Exp - 5+ years
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate directly with enterprise clients and internal stakeholders to deeply understand business goals, operational workflows, data landscapes, and technical constraints.
  • Design, build, and deploy AI-driven solutions, integrating core AI platforms into customer systems and workflows.
  • Translate complex business problems into viable AI solutions, focusing on where AI agents can augment or replace manual processes.
  • Develop and maintain robust, scalable AI-powered systems, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and seamless integration with existing IT frameworks.
  • Implement multi-agent systems and advanced AI solutions, utilizing techniques such as prompting, memory management, tool usage, and behaviour planning with Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • Rapidly prototype and productionize solutions, working with client teams to whiteboard concepts, build prototypes, and iterate quickly based on feedback.
  • Build connectors and data pipelines for secure and efficient data flow between client systems and AI platforms.
  • Act as a technical solutions expert, providing troubleshooting, analysis, and support for AI-driven architectures.
  • Provide training, documentation, and enablement to client business and operations teams, fostering self-sufficiency and adoption of AI tools.
  • Serve as a critical feedback loop to internal product and engineering teams, influencing the roadmap based on customer insights and real-world deployment challenges.
Technical Skills
  • Strong Programming Language Proficiency : Expert-level skills in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java).
  • Strong AI Literacy : Demonstrable understanding of AI/ML fundamentals, including concepts like LLMs, RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), embeddings, and vector databases.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), including familiarity with MLOps tooling.
  • Experience with API design and integration for AI services and enterprise systems (e.g., Salesforce, ServiceNow).
  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices and agile methodologies.
Good to Have
  • Agentic AI hands-on experience: Practical experience in designing, building, and deploying AI agents or multi-agent systems that exhibit autonomous, proactive, and adaptive behaviours.
  • Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with data analytics and visualization tools.
  • Prior experience in the commercial real estate or adjacent industries.

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