[Remote] Middle/Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Python, AI)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Exadel is an AI-first global technology company that partners with enterprise leaders on AI platforms and digital transformation. The Forward Deployed Engineer embeds with clients to discover business opportunities, build and deploy production-grade AI agents and applications, and coordinate delivery across technical teams. Senior engineers additionally lead executive discovery, direct pod execution, mentor other engineers, and take accountability for engagement outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Embed within client environments, working onsite with the people performing the work and the executives sponsoring it
• Lead discovery sessions to understand the client’s business, systems, data, operating model, and underlying challenges
• Translate ambiguous business problems into prioritized and quantified opportunity maps, supported by clear baselines and accountable client owners
• Identify which opportunities are genuinely worth pursuing and advise against initiatives that do not provide sufficient business value
• Build trust in the client’s data and deliver working, data-grounded prototypes within the first weeks of an engagement
• Design, develop, debug, and deploy production-grade AI agents, integrations, data pipelines, and applications within client systems
• Remain hands-on in the code whenever technical progress or delivery outcomes depend on it
• Define evaluation frameworks, quality thresholds, regression gates, and monitoring strategies for AI and agentic systems
• Monitor model and data drift and design effective human-in-the-loop controls for high-impact workflows
• Scope, sequence, and coordinate delivery across engineers, architects, and specialist contributors
• Make explicit trade-offs between scope, delivery speed, quality, and business value
• Orchestrate Exadel Colleague to accelerate delivery and scale successful implementation patterns
• Convert successful deployments into reusable reference architectures, agent templates, integration blueprints, evaluation frameworks, and delivery playbooks
• Produce clear technical documentation, operational runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials
• Train client teams to independently operate, maintain, and extend delivered solutions
• For Senior FDEs, independently lead executive discovery, direct pod execution, and take full accountability for engagement outcomes
• For Senior FDEs, mentor other Forward Deployed Engineers and ensure reusable delivery patterns are incorporated into Exadel Colleague

Skills

• Mid-level hands-on technical experience, including client-facing capacity
• For the Senior Forward Deployed Engineer level, senior-level experience, including technical delivery leadership across multidisciplinary teams or pods
• A demonstrated record of delivering production software used by real users and business teams
• Practical experience designing, deploying, and debugging LLM-backed or agentic systems in production
• Advanced proficiency in Python, along with experience using TypeScript or JavaScript and SQL
• Strong knowledge of prompt and context engineering, agent architecture, tool and function calling, and retrieval-augmented generation
• Experience with Model Context Protocol servers, sub-agents, skills, and agent development frameworks such as the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude SDKs
• Experience designing evaluation harnesses, quality thresholds, regression gates, drift monitoring, and observability for non-deterministic systems
• Understanding of human-in-the-loop control design and where human review should remain within automated workflows
• Experience with data modeling, domain ontologies, ETL or ELT pipelines, relational databases, vector stores, and embedding pipelines
• Experience building and deploying solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, serverless architectures, and enterprise deployment patterns
• Experience integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs, webhooks, event-streaming platforms, identity systems, and SSO
• High agency and sound judgment when working through ambiguity, incomplete information, and evolving client requirements
• Demonstrated ability to become credible and productive quickly within unfamiliar industries and business domains
• A habit of clarifying the problem, identifying constraints, and explicitly stating assumptions before developing a solution
• The ability to communicate effectively with both executive and technical audiences
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and precisely
• Commercial judgment and the ability to connect technical decisions to measurable business value
• Strong analytical and mathematical rigor when working with incomplete, inconsistent, or unstructured data
• Fluent English communication skills
• Willingness to travel approximately 25–50% and work onsite in client environments
• Location Eligibility: This role is open to candidates residing in the United States
• Java, C#, or C++ within legacy enterprise environments
• Node.js, React, or Next.js for client-facing applications
• Fine-tuning fundamentals and multi-agent orchestration
• TDD or BDD practices
• Large-scale data processing platforms such as Spark, Databricks, or Snowflake
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, or comparable relational databases
• On-premises, sovereign, or restricted-cloud deployment models
• Enterprise systems such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Salesforce, or SAP
• GitHub or GitLab-based delivery workflows
• A university degree is preferred but not required

Benefits

• Eligibility for commission, bonus, or other incentive compensation where applicable.
• US-based employees are eligible to participate in Exadel’s benefits programs, which may include comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage; life and disability insurance; retirement savings programs; paid time off; paid holidays; and other wellness or voluntary benefit programs, subject to plan terms and eligibility requirements.
• International projects
• In-office, hybrid, or remote flexibility
• Medical healthcare
• Recognition program
• Ongoing learning & reimbursement
• Well-being program
• Team events & local benefits
• Sports compensation
• Referral bonuses
• Top-tier equipment provision

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