Forward Deployed Engineer – Agentic AI

The role

You will work directly with clients on high ambiguity GenAI, agentic AI and AI-enabled workflow transformation initiatives. You will lead discovery, build proof-of-concepts, and translate business problems into validated AI solution designs.

What you will do

• Lead discovery and solution shaping for GenAI / Agentic AI initiatives
• Drive early-stage opportunities by prototyping and defining scope
• Translate ambiguous business problems into validated AI solution designs
• Build proof-of-concepts fast to validate architectural assumptions
• Evaluate and select appropriate AI frameworks, platforms and tools
• Present and explain complex AI and architecture concepts to stakeholders
• Stay involved through MVP or first production release
• Define evaluation criteria for AI quality and business impact
• Ensure solutions adhere to security, compliance and Responsible AI principles
• Convert field learnings into reusable Solvd assets

Required qualifications

• Seasoned hands-on technical leader evolved from full-stack or server-side software engineering into GenAI and agentic AI
• Experienced in designing, prototyping and integrating systems combining LLMs, agentic frameworks, enterprise data and business workflows
• Proficient at combining engineering patterns with emerging AI capabilities
• Skilled in guiding teams and clients through ambiguity
• Comfortable engaging with executives, product teams, operational users and engineers
• 8+ years of experience in IT, including strong experience in software design and engineering
• 2+ years of hands-on experience architecting or building GenAI or agentic AI systems using modern LLM ecosystems
• Experience supporting presales solutioning, discovery, prototyping or early delivery for AI engagements
• Strong understanding of LLM orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, prompt engineering and tool-calling patterns
• Understanding of cost modeling for AI workloads
• Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure or GCP
• Demonstrated experience leading technical discussions with engineering and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Prior experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Field Engineer, staff engineer, solution architect or technical product lead
• Prior experience with traditional AI/ML systems, including model training, MLOps, data pipelines or feature stores
• Familiarity with frameworks for agentic or multi-component AI pipelines
• Exposure to Responsible AI, data privacy and governance frameworks
• Hands-on experience with Databricks or Snowflake
• Experience creating reusable solution blueprints, evaluation frameworks or technical accelerators
• Industry-recognized cloud and AI certifications from Anthropic, AWS, Azure or Google

Benefits

• Shape real-world AI-driven projects across key industries
• Part of a global team with equal opportunities for collaboration
• Inclusive environment that prioritizes continuous learning, innovation, and ethical AI standards

About the company

Solvd Inc. is a rapidly growing AI-native consulting and technology services firm delivering enterprise transformation across cloud, data, software engineering, and artificial intelligence.