Forward Deployment Engineer

Xoriant; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Xoriant is seeking software engineers who have moved into client-facing delivery and built production AI systems to transform how engineering teams work. They build agentic AI coding workflows, implement AI assisted SDLC tooling like Claude Code / Cursor /Codecs and run technical enablement programs that change how engineering teams shift traditional software development & test to an AI-led environment.

You will engage with directors and leaders, lead design sprints, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Experience with Software SDLC processes across development and test.
• Consulting or enterprise SAS implementation background with hands-on AI delivery.
• Experience leading workforce transformation programs and workshops inside enterprise clients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-enabled SDLC tooling and workflows for engineering teams.
• Lead client-facing delivery and workforce transformation programs.
• Facilitate workshops with non-technical business audiences inside enterprise clients.
• Review architecture and lead design sprints with directors and principal engineers.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

SDLC pipelines

Test automation

AI delivery

Networking

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Codecs

Augment Code

LangChain

LangGraph

LLM tooling

Agent frameworks

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Software engineers who have crossed into client facing delivery and have built production AI systems and they are the people clients call when they want to transform how their engineering organization works. They build agentic AI coding workflows, implement AI assisted SDLC tooling like Claude Code / Cursor /Codecs and run technical enablement programs that change how engineering teams shift traditional software development & test to an AI-led environment.

• Candidate should have experience working with Software SDLC processes across development and test
• Experience with consulting or enterprise SAS implementation background combined with hands on AI delivery capability
• Engineers that have run workforce transformation programs, facilitated workshops with non-technical business and audiences and embedded inside enterprise clients to build and enable AI solutions that change how people work not just how systems run
• Engineers that are comfortable leading a design Sprint with operational directors while reviewing an architecture diagram with a principal engineer.

Skills:

• Good software development and / or test development experience in one or more languages Java / Python / Go
• Experience setting SDLC DevOps pipelines and associated tooling for software programs
• Experience with test automation software
• Experience with building AI Agents and Agentic AI pipelines
• Experience in networking – L2/L3

Tools:

• Claude Code / Cursor / Codecs / Augment Code or any other GenAI tool used in SDLC
• Agentic AI – LangChain, LangGraph, etc.,
• LLM tooling and Agent Frameworks
• Exposure to evaluation, experimentation or quality measurement of AI Systems