Forward Deployed Engineer

Avanade; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking Forward Deployed Engineers to sit inside client environments from week one, turning business ambition into production reality. You will lead the build in Studios, configure products for client environments, and work with stakeholders to shape value-driven solutions.

The role emphasizes deciding what to build, challenging assumptions, and delivering prototypes through to live deployment in constrained client settings.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software or AI engineering with production systems.
• Strong practical command of Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI.
• Full-stack capability — frontend, APIs, data, and agent orchestration.
• Experience building and evaluating agentic systems, including retrieval and tool use.
• Comfortable in client environments with high autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Help clients decide what should be built and challenge assumptions.
• Lead the work through to live deployment in client environments.
• Work in small expert teams directing agent networks.

Skills

Software engineering

AI engineering

Agent orchestration

Full-stack development

Client-facing

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Copilot Studio

Azure OpenAI

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineers are the engineering core of Avanade Next. They sit inside the client from week one and turn business ambition into production reality — proving the direction in Consulting with a working prototype, leading the build in Studios, and configuring products for client environments.

They work alongside business stakeholders, Industry Reinvention Leads, Domain Architects, Value Architects and Trust Architects to understand what matters commercially, then build the system that delivers it.

This is not a order-taking role. Forward Deployed Engineers help clients decide what should be built, challenge assumptions where the value is not there, and lead the work through to live deployment. They work in small expert teams directing agent networks rather than large deliver...

Job description

SUMMARY

Forward Deployed Engineers are the engineering core of Avanade Next. They sit inside the client from week one and turn business ambition into production reality — proving the direction in Consulting with a working prototype, leading the build in Studios, and configuring products for client environments.

They work alongside business stakeholders, Industry Reinvention Leads, Domain Architects, Value Architects and Trust Architects to understand what matters commercially, then build the system that delivers it.

This is not a order-taking role. Forward Deployed Engineers help clients decide what should be built, challenge assumptions where the value is not there, and lead the work through to live deployment. They work in small expert teams directing agent networks rather than large deliver...

Qualifications

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years in software or AI engineering, with production systems to point to.
• Strong practical command of Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI and agent orchestration; equivalent depth on another stack considered if the transfer is credible.
• Full-stack capability — front end, APIs, data and agent orchestration — enough to ship something whole.
• Experience building and evaluating agentic systems, including retrieval, tool use, and failure handling.
• Comfortable being deployed into a client environment with high autonomy and direct exposure to stakeholders.
• Track record of turning a prototype into production at pace, without leaving the mess for someone else.
• Able to hold ...

Additional Information

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

Avanade is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

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Additional Information

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

Avanade is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

Please read Avanade's Hiring and Privacy Statement...

About Avanade

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise.

You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously ...

About Avanade

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise.

You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously ...

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Information Technology Services 51-100 employees

Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our professionals bring bold, fresh thinking combined with technology, business and industry expertise to help fuel transformation and growth for our clients and their customers. Avanade has 30,000 digitally connected people across 24 countries, bringing clients the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation.

Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our professionals bring bold, fresh thinking combined with technology, business and industry expertise to help fuel transformation and growth for our clients and their customers. Avanade has 30,000 digitally connected people across 24 countries, bringing clients the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation.

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