Forward Deployed Engineer Lead

Avanade; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade Forward Deployed Engineer Lead Practitioner sets the standard for turning business ambition into production outcomes. A player-coach responsible for the Forward Deployed Engineer track, this role blends business understanding, solution architecture and engineering leadership to help clients move from opportunity to deployed outcome.

They work with executives and domain specialists to identify where AI can create measurable value, translating opportunities into production-grade solutions

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or AI engineering with production systems experience.
• Hands-on agentic engineering: orchestration, retrieval, tool use, evaluation, observability and failure handling.
• Strong command of the Microsoft AI stack or equivalent depth on another stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Forward Deployed Engineer track as a player-coach.
• Bridge business priorities to production-grade AI solutions for clients.
• Define and advance the AI-native engineering model for Avanade Next.

Skills

Lead accountability

Agentic engineering

Microsoft AI stack

Engineering standard setting

Hiring engineers

Client-facing credibility

Job description

The Forward Deployed Engineer Lead Practitioner sets the standard for how Avanade Next turns business ambition into production reality. A player-coach responsible for the Forward Deployed Engineer track, this role combines business understanding, solution architecture and engineering leadership to help clients move from opportunity to deployed outcome.

They work alongside executives, transformation leaders and domain specialists to understand strategic priorities, identify where AI can create measurable value, and translate those opportunities into production-grade solutions.

Beyond delivery, this role defines the AI-native engineering model for Avanade Next: small expert teams directing agent networks, accelerating delivery through reusable platforms and assets, and focusing engineeri...

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years in software or AI engineering, with senior or lead accountability for systems that ran in production and were maintained afterwards.

• Deep, current, hands‑on agentic engineering: orchestration, retrieval, tool use, evaluation, observability and failure handling. Current practice matters more than years.

• Strong command of the Microsoft AI stack; equivalent depth on another stack considered where the transfer is credible.

• Has set an engineering standard for a team and made it hold — including with people who did not initially agree with it.

• Experience assessing and hiring engineers at volume and at pace, with a defensible bar.

• Client‑facing credibility. This is a forward‑deployed track …

Additional Information

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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.

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Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously

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.