Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Newpage Digital Healthcare Solutions; Chennai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Newpage Solutions is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer in Chennai. You will sit close to clients and product leaders, reframing vague problems into concrete, ship-ready software leveraging AI as the substrate, not a bystander.

You will build modular backends in Python or TypeScript, create full-stack apps, and deploy production-grade agentic systems end-to-end. The role requires building with tools like LangGraph, Claude Code, AutoGen, and various AI runtimes, while integrating modern

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience; 3+ years building production AI/agentic apps.
• Hands-on with agents, wiring tools to models and multi-step workflows.
• Proficient in Python or TypeScript with clean code practices.
• Experience with modern AI tooling and orchestration frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Reframe business problems into shippable software with AI at core.
• Build modular backends and full-stack apps in Python/TypeScript.
• Architect and ship production-grade agentic applications.
• Deploy and productionize with secure, scalable infra and CI/CD.
• Mentor others on system design and AI engineering best practices.

Skills

AI development

Agentic development

Fullstack applications

Python

TypeScript

LangGraph

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Next.js

FastAPI

Tools

LangGraph

AutoGen

Claude Agent SDK

OpenAI Assistants

Cursor

Codex

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Next.js

Job description

FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER

Location: Chennai | Type: Fulltime

About Newpage Solutions

Newpage Solutions is a global digital health innovation company helping people live longer, healthier lives. We partner with life sciences organisations which include, pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare leaders, to build transformative AI and data driven technologies addressing real-world health challenges.

From strategy and research to UX design and agile development, we deliver and validate impactful solutions using lean, human-centered practices.

We are proud to be a Great Place to Work certified company for the last three consecutive years. We also hold a top Glassdoor rating and are named among the "Top 50 Most Promising Healthcare Solution Providers" by CIOReview. As an organisation, we foster creativity, continuous learning and inclusivity, creating an environment where bold ideas thrive and make a measurable difference in peoples lives.

Your Mission

We are hiring Forward Deployed Engineers who treat AI as the substrate of how software gets builtnot a tool to be cautious of, not something they are "exploring," but the medium they work in.You will sit close to clients and product leaders, reframe vague problems into something concrete, and ship working software end-to-end. You won't wait for a refined backlog, a PM in the middle, or a separate platform team. You will shape the idea, build the thing, and stand it up in production yourself.

This is a builder-first individual-contributor role for engineers who live at the current edge of AI development and work fluently with Claude Code, Cursor, agents, eval harnesses, MCP, and modern TypeScript and Python.

What Youll Do

Problem / Opportunity Discovery

• Sit with a business or clinical leader and reframe an idea or problem into something concrete and buildable.
• Know what to build by the end of the conversation; have a working prototype to react to by the end of the week.
• Partner closely with product, design, and client stakeholders to translate ambiguous ideas into software that ships.
• Demo live without a slide deck. Reframe problems out loud. Don't get stuck waiting for someone else to make the decision.
• Lead POCs, innovation sprints, and internal research experiments to validate emerging AI techniques.

Build (fast) with AI

• When the brief is clear, head down and produce.
• Build modular backends in Python or TypeScript aligned with clean architecture, OOP, SOLID, and domain-driven design.
• Create fullstack applications, APIs, agents, workflows, and similar systems using frameworks such as Next.js, React, FastAPI, Fastify, FastMCP, and Hono.
• Architect and ship production-grade agentic applications using LangGraph, AutoGen, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Assistants, or your own orchestration layer.
• Integrate frontier and self-hosted LLMs (Claude, GPT, Gemini, open-weight models) with tools, data, and external systems through MCP and custom connectors.
• Apply RAG techniques where they actually help: vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma, Weaviate, pgvector), hybrid retrieval with ElasticSearch or Solr, and BM25 + similarity search.
• Work across relational, document, key-value, and graph stores as the problem demands; use event-driven patterns where they fit, not by default.
• Design prompt and context engineering frameworks that optimize accuracy, repeatability, cost, and latency.
• Use AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex) through structured workflows, native instructions, templates, and sub- agentswith discipline and review.
• Fine-tune or adapt models where the problem genuinely calls for it.

Test, Deploy, Productionize

• Spin up the infra, write the evals, wire up the MCP servers, deploy the agents, and harden the bits that survive contact with real users.
• Deploy on AWS, Azure, Cloudflare, or Vercel using containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) or serverlesschosen for fit, not preference.
• Treat evals as a first-class discipline: hands-on harnesses, not theoretical frameworks. Build with a clear-eyed view of where current AI tooling helps and where it falls short.
• Apply engineering practices that hold up in production: TDD, secrets
• management and rotation, SAST/DAST, structured logging, metrics, tracing, and automated CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Own what you build end-to-end, including the infrastructure and operations that keep it running.
• Mentor others on system design, agentic patterns, and AI engineering best practices.

What You Bring

• Minimum 7+years Expereince and 3+ years relevant experience building production applications using AI / agentic development approaches fullstack applications, agents, workflows, MCPs, and more.
• Hands-on experience with agents, not just prompted models. You have wired tools to a model and let it run multi-step using LangGraph, Auto Gen, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Assistants, or your own orchestration.
• Active, structured use of AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) with demonstrable workflows, sub-agents, skills, and innovative approaches.
• Strong Python or TypeScript, with OOP, SOLID, 12-factor application
• development, and microservice architecture. You've built Next.js applications, FastAPI services, and similar.
• End-to-end implementation experience with vector databases, retrieval pipelines, and eval harnesses.
• Cloud-native deployment experience across at least one of AWS, Azure, Cloudflare, or Vercelwith Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions.
• A no-compromise attitude on clean code, TDD, security, observability, scalability, performance, and cost.
• A deep working understanding of how LLMs behaveand where they break and how to optimize accuracy, latency, and cost.
• Clear writing and a willingness to reframe problems