Forward-Deployed AI Lead Engineer

AVANADE ASIA PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade Asia Pte Ltd is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Lead Practitioner who combines business understanding, solution architecture and engineering leadership to move opportunities to deployed outcomes.

You will work with executives, transformation leaders and domain experts to identify where AI can create measurable value and translate those opportunities into production-grade solutions, shaping the AI-native engineering model for Avanade Next.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead forward-deployed AI projects from opportunity to deployed outcomes.
• Collaborate with executives, transformation leaders and domain experts to define priorities.
• Define the AI-native engineering model for Avanade Next and scale reusable platforms.

Skills

Production systems

AI engineering

Lead accountability

Microsoft AI

Hiring engineers

Client-facing

Team leadership

Solution architecture

Tools

Microsoft AI stack

Job description

Avanade Asia Pte Ltd is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer Lead Practitioner who combines business understanding, solution architecture and engineering leadership to move opportunities to deployed outcomes.

You will work with executives, transformation leaders and domain experts to identify where AI can create measurable value and translate those opportunities into production-grade solutions, shaping the AI-native engineering model for Avanade Next.