Forward Deployed Engineer

Sia; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership development programs

Training sessions at global centers

Dynamic, collaborative team環境

Job summary

Sia in Mumbai is seeking an embedded FDE specialist to work onsite with client teams, contributing to planning, standups, and delivery cadence. You will close platform gaps by building missing components, connectors, or tooling, and deliver production use cases while balancing near-term delivery with long-term platform health.

The role requires collaboration with client stakeholders in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong Python skills with production engineering experience.
• Ability to work embedded within a client or external stakeholder team.

Responsibilities

• Work embedded full-time within the client’s engineering, product, or service team.
• Close platform gaps by building missing components, connectors, or tooling.
• Deliver production use cases while balancing short-term needs and platform health.
• Integrate with client-approved tools, APIs, and governance frameworks.
• Communicate trade-offs and blockers to client stakeholders and leadership.
• Collaborate in an agile/SCRUM cross-functional pod.
• Escalate platform or scope risks early.

Skills

Python

Production engineering

Client collaboration

Agile/SCRUM

Code understanding

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spark

Databricks

AWS

APIs

Job description

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were borndigital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced bycreativityand driven by responsibility.We’reoptimists forchangeand we help clientsinitiate,navigateandbenefitfrom transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximizeopportunity.

Withexpertiseacross a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Ourexpertisedelivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work embedded full-time within the client’s engineering, product, or service team, participating directly in their planning, standups, and delivery cadence.

• Close platform gaps in real time: build the missing components, connectors, or tooling the client’s platform doesn’t yet provide.

• Deliver production use cases in parallel with platform build-out, balancing near-term delivery pressure against longer-term platform health.

• Integrate with the client’s approved tools, APIs, and governance frameworks (e.g. controlled AI gateways) rather than introducing external dependencies.

• Communicate technical trade-offs and blockers directly to client stakeholders, translating between Sia’s team and the client’s engineering leadership.

• Collaborate within a cross-functional pod (client engineers, platform engineers, Sia engineers) in an agile/SCRUM setup.

• Escalate platform or scope risks early. FDE roles sit at the point where client demand and platform maturity meet.

• Education: Bachelor’s/master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience & Technical Skills:

• Strong Python skills, with production engineering experience, not limited to prototyping.

• Comfortable operating embedded within a client or external stakeholder team, with less structure/definition than an internal team typically has.

• Ability to quickly understand an unfamiliar codebase or platform and contribute production-quality code within it.

• Experience with agent orchestration, RAG/LLM-based applications, and tool/API integration is a strong plus.

• SiaGPT or comparable GenAI platform experience is a strong plus.

• Comfort working within governed enterprise environments (approved libraries/APIs/services, controlled AI gateways).

• Good to have: Spark, Databricks, AWS.

• Good to have: prior experience in regulated or enterprise domains (e.g. financial services, healthcare, or public sector).

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead cutting-edge AI projects in a global consulting environment.

• Leadership development programs and training sessions at our global centers.

• A dynamic and collaborative team environment with diverse projects.

Position based in Mumbai (onsite)

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.