AI Engineer

Valiant Technologies LLC; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel for customer engagements

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a Junior FDE to bridge customer strategy, product, AI architecture, data, and engineering. You will identify high-value business problems and shape AI-enabled solutions for deployments across the United States or United Kingdom, working with experienced teams to configure, test and deploy AI-native products.

You should enjoy solving ambiguous business problems with a builder mindset, strong communication skills, and a passion for AI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI or a closely related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in product engineering, technology consulting, AI/data solutions or digital products.
• AI-native product development experience involving GenAI, LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, intelligent workflows or production AI applications.
• Hands-on exposure to Python, SQL, APIs, cloud platforms, workflow automation, data pipelines, evaluation or observability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage business, technical and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Participate in customer discovery to understand users, workflows, pain points, data, systems, constraints and outcomes to be improved.
• Translate business problems into hypotheses, measurable success criteria and smallest credible production-oriented solution slice.
• Support solution design, platform selection, integration, testing, evaluation and deployment readiness with senior FDEs and engineers.
• Contribute hands-on to prototyping, data analysis, workflow design, documentation and user-feedback cycles.
• Ensure solutions are secure, reliable, observable and cost-aware with appropriate human oversight and fallback paths.
• Drive work forward with urgency and ownership in fast-moving customer environments.
• Support customer adoption through enablement, workflow improvement and tracking of usage and value evidence.
• Capture field insights and convert recurring customer needs into reusable assets and roadmap inputs.
• Communicate complex ideas clearly through structured discussions and executive-ready presentations.

Skills

Python

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

As a Junior FDE, you will work at the intersection of customer strategy, product, AI architecture, data and engineering. You will identify high-value business problems, shape practical AI-enabled solutions, and work with experienced FDEs, platform teams and engineers to configure, integrate, test and deploy AI-native products in customer environments across the United States or United Kingdom. This role is for a go-getter with a builder mindset, excellent communication skills and a strong passion for AI technology and its possibilities. You should enjoy solving ambiguous business problems using technology, translating between business and technical teams, learning quickly and continuously, and staying with a solution through production adoption and measurable value.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in customer discovery to understand users, workflows, pain points, data, systems, constraints and the business outcomes to be improved.
• Translate business problems into clear hypotheses, measurable success criteria, solution options and the smallest credible production-oriented solution slice.
• Apply an understanding of AI architecture and engineering to support solution design, platform selection, integration, testing, evaluation and deployment readiness. Work with senior FDEs, product managers, architects and engineers to configure, customize and integrate Wipro AI-native platforms, agents and reusable accelerators.
• Contribute hands-on to prototyping, data analysis, workflow design, prompt and context design, documentation, demonstrations and user-feedback cycles.
• Help ensure solutions are responsible, secure, reliable, observable and cost-aware, with appropriate human oversight, controls and fallback paths.
• Drive work forward with urgency and ownership, proactively resolve issues and operate effectively in fast-moving customer and product environments.
• Support customer adoption through enablement, workflow improvement and tracking of usage, quality and business-value evidence.
• Capture field insights and convert recurring customer needs into reusable assets, product feedback and roadmap inputs.
• Communicate complex business and technical ideas clearly through structured discussions, concise documents and executive-ready presentations.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI or a closely related technical discipline.
• Experience in a startup, product company or zero-to-one product-building environment. Business, management or related postgraduate degree is preferred following the technical degree.
• AI-native product development experience involving GenAI, LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, intelligent workflows or production AI applications.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in product engineering, technology consulting, AI/data solutions, digital products or enterprise technology.
• Hands-on exposure to Python, SQL, APIs, cloud platforms, workflow automation, data pipelines, evaluation or observability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage business, technical and executive stakeholders.
• Industry or domain knowledge and understanding of business processes, KPIs and operating constraints.
• Strong understanding of AI architecture, software/data engineering, APIs, cloud and the AI solution lifecycle.
• Strong academic record from leading or Ivy League colleges.
• Builder mindset, structured problem solving, high ownership and the ability to solve business problems using technology
• Experience taking solutions from discovery and prototype through production deployment, adoption and measurable outcomes.
• Passion for AI technology and its possibilities, with a quick and continuous learning orientation
• Understanding of Responsible AI, information security, data privacy, testing and AI economics.
• Willingness and ability to travel for customer engagements, based on business needs.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.