AI Forward-Deployed Engineer: Trust & Prototyping

AvePoint; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

AvePoint is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (AI) to be the technical face with enterprise customers in Arlington, VA. You will own engagements end-to-end—from discovery workshops to production—building AI solutions, governance, and operating models.

Required: 5+ years in software/solutions roles, 2+ years in production AI/LLM work, hands-on with Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel. Travel ~40% is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Software Engineering, Solutions Architecture or Technical Consulting.
• 2+ years building modern AI/LLM solutions in production.
• Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel.
• Experience building RAG solutions, agentic workflows, tool/function calling.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C#, TypeScript.
• Experience with Azure, AWS or GCP, including identity, networking and data services.
• Proven ability to scope technical projects from ambiguous business requirements.
• Excellent communication skills—from board-level conversations through to deep technical discussions.
• Comfortable working autonomously in fast-moving client environments.
• Willingness to travel (~40%).

Responsibilities

• Advise on AI trust and governance, leading workshops with executives.
• Scope AI projects with business stakeholders and define success criteria.
• Translate requirements into technical scopes, deliverables and SoWs.
• Build prototypes and production AI solutions including agents and RAG pipelines.
• Deliver governance controls and secure AI operating models.
• Own customer delivery from discovery to production, enabling adoption.

Skills

Software Engineering

Solutions Architecture

Technical Consulting

AI/LLM production

Azure OpenAI

AWS Bedrock

Google Vertex AI

LangChain

Semantic Kernel

RAG solutions

Agentic workflows

Tool/function calling

Python

C#

TypeScript

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Project scoping

Communication

Autonomy

Travel readiness

Tools

Azure OpenAI

AWS Bedrock

Google Vertex AI

LangChain

Semantic Kernel

Job description

AvePoint is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (AI) to be the technical face with enterprise customers in Arlington, VA. You will own engagements end-to-end—from discovery workshops to production—building AI solutions, governance, and operating models.

Required: 5+ years in software/solutions roles, 2+ years in production AI/LLM work, hands-on with Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel. Travel ~40% is expected.