AI lead

VBeyond Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

VBeyond Corporation is seeking a senior Forward Deployed Engineer to lead major AI engagements in the United States, guiding strategies to production with measurable workflow impact. You will craft production-grade artifacts, mentor engineers, and help scale reusable AI IP across client programs.

You will collaborate with C-suite executives, shape go-to-market partnerships, and work with Anthropic and other partners to drive joint success.

Qualifications

• 9+ years in software engineering, AI, data, or product.
• Primary architect on AI/data/software shipped to real users.
• Daily fluency with Claude (or similar frontier LLM) as main build tool.
• Production LLM experience: prompt engineering, agent development, deployment at scale.
• Strong Python skills; second language such as TypeScript or Java.
• Executive presence with CIOs/CFOs without slides.
• Track record of hiring and developing talent.
• High agency; thrives in ambiguity and building new things.

Responsibilities

• Lead 2-5 concurrent client engagements or one flagship transformation.
• Be the trusted technical advisor to client executives (CIO, CFO).
• Architect and build the hardest parts of the hardest problems.
• Deliver production-grade technical artifacts and integrations.
• Grow and develop a team of Forward Deployed Engineers.
• Shape AI offerings, reusable IP, and go-to-market strategies.
• Partner with strategic AI partners on co-sell motions and success.

Skills

Leadership

Executive presence

Python

TypeScript/Java

AI architecture

Hiring and mentoring

Ambiguity tolerance

Communication

Tools

Claude

Job description

• Lead 2-5 concurrent client engagements or one flagship transformation. Own outcomes - production adoption and measurable workflow impact - not just deliverables.
• Be the trusted technical advisor to client executives (CIO, CDO, Chief AI Officer, CFO). Strategy in the morning, working demo in the afternoon.
• Architect and build the hardest parts of the hardest problems alongside your team. We will ask you to walk us through code you have written in the last 30 days.
• Deliver production-grade technical artifacts: agentic workflows, MCP servers, sub-agents, agent skills, evaluation frameworks, and the integrations that make them work inside client systems.
• Grow and develop a team of Forward Deployed Engineers. Recruit, coach, set the bar, and create the environment where strong engineers do the best work of their careers.
• Shape Genpact's Applied AI offerings, reusable IP, and go-to-market. Codify what works on one engagement into patterns the whole practice can reuse.
• Partner with Anthropic and other strategic AI partners on co-sell motions, joint solutioning, and customer success.

What We Are Looking For

• 9+ years in software engineering, applied AI, data, or product, with clear evidence of leading technical work and growing other builders.
• Has been the primary architect on at least one AI, data, or software effort that shipped to real users at meaningful scale.
• Daily, sophisticated working fluency with Claude (or comparable frontier LLM) as a primary build tool. You have opinions about context engineering, tool use, agent design, and evaluations - and you can defend them.
• Production LLM experience: prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale.
• Strong programming skills in Python, ideally with a second language such as TypeScript or Java. Comfortable shipping production code.
• Executive presence. Can run a room with a CIO and a CFO without needing a slide deck to hide behind. Can translate technical complexity into clear narratives for diverse audiences.
• Track record of hiring and developing strong technical talent. People who have worked for you want to work for you again.
• High agency. Thrives in ambiguity and is energized by building something that does not yet exist.